Nothing to do with woodpeckers or war

1:42pm Friday 7th March 2008

THE tranquil village of Finghall, to the east of Leyburn, has a name that takes us back into the depths of the Dark Ages.

Two explanations, one repugnant

12:43pm Friday 29th February 2008

THE village of Liverton, to the south of Loftus, has a name that recalls water.

Hill of the Thing Hill – confused yet?

1:34pm Friday 22nd February 2008

FINGAY Hill, past Northallerton and close by the village of East Harlsey, carries in its three syllables an echo of the ancient government of our region.

Heard the one about the Irish Vikings?

12:33pm Friday 15th February 2008

IRESHOPEBURN, to the west of Stanhope, has a name which recalls a strange and almost-forgotten moment in northern history.

Wilton, where humans lost the upper hand

1:21pm Friday 8th February 2008

THE village of Wilton, to the south of Redcar, famous today for its castle, has a name that recalls the unsatisfactory state of the land a thousand or so years ago.

Hartlepool, the island? A narrow view

1:17pm Friday 1st February 2008

HARTLEPOOL, on the Cleveland coast, needs no introduction.

Getting to the crux of Croxdale’s origins

1:04pm Friday 25th January 2008

THE village of Croxdale to the south of Durham has a name that invites misunderstanding.

The confusing village of ‘Lake Lake’ ...

1:11pm Friday 18th January 2008

THERE are many kinds of placenames: rude place names, peculiar-sounding placenames, silly place names, insulting place names, plain boring place names.

A name which makes no sense, Lingdale

12:50pm Friday 11th January 2008

THE village of Lingdale, to the south of Skelton in Cleveland, has a name that makes no sense in modern English.

Crakehall recalls a Viking obsession

2:05pm Friday 4th January 2008

GREAT and Little Crakehall, to the north of Bedale, has a name that recalls a Viking obsession.

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