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Many of the place-names used in England today were first used by the Anglo-Saxons. This is one of the ways we can tell where the Anglo-Saxons lived. Some place-names have changed over time since the Anglo-Saxons spoke a different version of English than we do today. |
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| It is possible to tell if a place was named by the Anglo-Saxons from certain Old English words which appear in place names. These words have different meanings. |
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Can you recognise these Old English place names? Click on the Old English name to reveal the modern place-name |
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| Here are a few examples of Old English words which can be found in modern place-names. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Look for place-names with these words in and this will tell you where the Anglo-Saxons lived. Some areas of the country have more of some place-name elements than others. For example, there are no place-names with the Old English word stead/sted in Oxfordshire, which means place. Were there any Anglo-Saxons living near you? |
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Find out more about the origins of place-names Find out about place-names in your area Some place-names also have Viking words in them. Click HERE to find out about Viking place-names. |
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