Etymological geography; being a classified list of terms of most frequent occurrence, entering, as prefixes or postfixes, into the composition of geographical names

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1835 Excerpt: ...f-f-A king of the Britons, who was slain there. XX A pious hermit, who lived there. He suffered martyrdom there under the Danes. §§ The spot on which the town stands was once called Ynys-wytryn, (Inis-witrin) i. e. Glass (yitrum, Lat.) island, from its being entirely surrounded by marshes. Led-bury, Hereford-sh. on the Leden, (tr. of the Severn.) Malms-bury, (anc. Maldulfs-J e,,,,,.',,,,,,,..M bury,) Wilts. ) oiMaldulf, (Maldulphus, Lat.)« New-bury, Berks. the new town. or. i or,. f encompassed with ghrubs, Shrews-Wy, Shrop-sh.-(AV-bury.)t nij Q ff it f i. e. the south town, (in con "' ( tradistinction to Norwich.) Tewks-bury, Gloucester-sh. of St Tetek. % Wednes-bury, Stafford-sh. of Woden. Potters-pury, (for Potters-1 f H.' (, bury,) Northampton-sh. J ' Aal-6org, Denmark. abounding in eels, (aal, Germ.) Lauen-bourg, do. in honour of Henry the Lion. IT Stras-6ow?Y7,LowerRhine,France. on the street, (strata, sc. via.) „, „-ni f i. e. Bourg d'eaux, the city of Hour-deaux, Guyenne, France... ' J To the same may be referred several towns in England, &c. having the names of Burgh, Bury, Burrough, or Burrow, Brough, Broughton, &c.; Bourg, in Burgundy; Bourges, (Bituriges of the Romans) in Berri; Burg, in Gelderland; and Burgos, in Old Castile. The son of an Eastern emperor, who, retiring hither from the persecution of his father's court, founded a cell for 12 canons. Afterwards making a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, he died there; but his body was brought back and buried here..f Many, particularly alders, grow in the neighbourhood. From this circumstance the Britons called it Pen-guerne, i. e. the hill of alders. So the river Nairn, in the county of the same name, is called in Gael. Uisge-nearne, i. e. the water of Alders. J A ...