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Origins of East and West Knapton? It’s child’s play

11:46am Friday 26th February 2010

EAST and West Knapton, down the A64 from Malton, have names that date back to the deepest Dark Ages.

Kepwick’s roots as a Dark Age shopping centre

12:30pm Friday 12th February 2010

THE tiny Yorkshire village of Kepwick has a name that conjures up a Dark Age shopping centre.

No cows – the deceptive origins of Cowpen Bewley

11:50am Friday 29th January 2010

WHAT devilish liars place-names can be.

Walworth’s early history as an enclosure of Celts

11:24am Friday 15th January 2010

THE Welsh in Northumbria?

Keeping the wolf from the door in Ushaw Moor

12:14pm Thursday 31st December 2009

PLACENAMES do have this extraordinarily irritating habit of not quite being what they seem.

The two-part mystery of Sheriff Hutton solved

11:35am Friday 18th December 2009

THE scenic Ryedale village of Sheriff Hutton has a name in two parts.The second word, Hutton, is the most ancient and also one of the country’s most common placenames.

Kirkleatham is a rare quirk of Viking history

12:42pm Friday 4th December 2009

THE beautiful village of Kirkleatham, just outside Redcar, is famous today for its museum and its stunning woodland.

Tread carefully as you find your feet in Hipswell

12:08pm Friday 20th November 2009

THE village of Hipswell, on the edge of Catterick, has a name that recalls water and the crossing of water the best part of 1,500 years ago.

The Cold reality regarding the origins of Hesleden

11:53am Friday 6th November 2009

HESLEDEN, Monk Hesleden and Cold Hesleden are three East Durham villages in what was once the coal mining heart of the county.

Medieval Settrington known as the Ryedale Bronx

10:54am Friday 23rd October 2009

GIVEN a choice between an interesting and a boring explanation for the name of a town, placename experts almost inevitably plump for the boring option.

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