In the past, I compiled three lists regarding female names, male names, and nicknames from the Domesday Book. Today’s list will be of place names. There are a lot of amusing town/village names. I figured I would share some I find particularly interesting for no real reason or logic as to why I find them interesting. I just do. Like my other name lists, this one will be added to in the future.
Abbotsbury
Boscombe
Broadclyst
Crowland
Culverthorpe
Fittleton
Fobbing
Huntspill
Littleton Drew
Much Wenlock
Norton Bavant
Pershore
Poynings
Shaftesbury
Sompting
St Benet of Hulme
Tavistock
West Ham
Wimbish
Wootton Bassett
Worthy
Yalding
Source:
‘Domesday’, Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England, http://www.pase.ac.uk.
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