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    The document discusses the origins of place names in Britain from when settlers first came and built villages. It provides examples of common place name endings used in Sussex and East Anglia that indicate meanings like "place", "farm", or "clearing". Finally, it lists various Saxon terms that were used in place names between 350AD to 1000AD and their associated meanings, such as "stream", "village", "moor", and "woodland".

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    The document discusses the origins of place names in Britain from when settlers first came and built villages. It provides examples of common place name endings used in Sussex and East Anglia that indicate meanings like "place", "farm", or "clearing". Finally, it lists various Saxon terms that were used in place names between 350AD to 1000AD and their associated meanings, such as "stream", "village", "moor", and "woodland".

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    Name……………...

    Village Settlers
    The origins of place names
    Geography M2 Thursday September 9th

    When se lers came to Britain, they built villages and towns and gave
    them names. Use your maps of Sussex and East Anglia to find places
    with the endings below in them.

    ‐stead stead ‐ton


    means
    …………… ……………
    place
    …………… ……………
    …………… ……………
    …………… ‐ton ……………
    …………… means ……………
    …………… farm ……………

    ‐ing ‐ing ‐ley


    …………… means ……………
    …………… people ……………
    …………… ……………
    …………… ‐ley ……………
    …………… means ……………
    …………… clearing ……………
    Saxon Terms: 350AD - 1000AD
    Bourne: Stream
    Burn: Stream
    Burg: Large village
    Croft: Small enclosure
    Cot: Small hut
    Delph: Ditch, dyke or stream
    Den(n): Pig pasture
    Eg; Ey; Ea; Eig: Island
    Fall: Area cleared of trees
    Fen: Fen
    Field: Field
    Ham: Village
    Hurst: Clearing
    Ing: People
    Lake: Lake
    Ley; Lea: Clearing
    Mere: Pool
    Moor: Moor
    Moss: Swamp
    Riding; Rod: Cleared land
    Stead: place
    Stoc: Summer pasture
    Stoke: 'Daughter' settlement
    Stow: Holy Place
    Ton; Tun: House; Farm
    Weald; Wold; High Woodland
    Wic; Wike: Farm; Group of huts
    Wood: Wood
    Worth: Fenced land
    Worthy: Enclosed land

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