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Beverley it,s in East Yorkshire Means Beaver Lodge....

Just googled 'snottingham' Chrissie and found this. Before it was modified by Norman influence the name had several forms, e.g. Snothryngham, Snottingaham, Snottingham—but Snotengaham was the earliest. This ending “ham” is akin to the word home, and is of Anglo-Saxon origin. It tells us of a people who came to this country—not, as the Romans did, to exploit—but to colonise and to make for themselves a home. It is not at all unlikely that Snottingham was the home of an Anglian family—Snot (the wise) by name. Thus with the possessive “ing” the whole word means “The home of Snot.” I didn't know either. Heather

You are right Chrissie, It is the 'homestead of the family of a man named Snot' Dee ;-))

I understand that Nottingham was originally called Snottingham but I'm afraid I don't know why? Chrissie x (who'se trying very hard to resist a pun)

I believe that (despite some insisting on other reasons), that Milton Keynes was originally 'Middleton de Kaynes'. The local landowenr was the de Kaynes family, and this was the 'town' in the middle of the their land.

I was born in Hoddesdon which means 'Hill of a man called Hod' The other half was born in Enfield which means 'Open land of a man called Eana' Do you know the origin of the names of the places your ancestors lived in? I am getting these definitions from the Oxford Dictionary of British Place Names Dee xx

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