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Places in the ancient Godalming hundred of Surrey (with their probable meanings) include: *Alfold ("old enclosure") *Amberley (''Imberlēah'' meaning "riverside clearing") *Artington (from ''heorotingdon'' meaning "hill of the people of the sacred hart"〔()〕 *Bagmoor (possibly from the personal name ''Bacca'' + Moor, or perhaps meaning "badger's moor") *Binscombe (from possible Brythonic personal name ''Buden'' + Combe, meaning "Buden's Valley") *Brook (''Brōc'' meaning "fast flowing stream" in Old English; cognate with Dutch ''broek'', German ''bruch'') *Busbridge (Bus + bridge, perhaps referring to the old bridge over the lake) *Catteshall (''Gattes Hill'' meaning "gate or route to hill") *Chiddingfold (''Chadingesfold'' meaning "enclosure of the people of the hollow") *Chinthurst (Chint + ''hurst'', the second word means "wooded hill") *Compton (Probably a corruption of ''comb'' + ''tun'' meaning "valley estate") *Cosford (probably from "Cusa's Ford" but possibly from Welsh ''cors'' meaning bog, fen; hence "bog by the ford") *Culmer (''Col mere'' meaning "cool or deep lake") *Cut Mill ("mill in the valley") *Dunsfold ("hilltop enclosure") *Eashing ("people of Essa" *Elstead (''Ellested'' meaning "Place where the Elder trees grow") *Emley or Bowlhead Green (''Eme lēah'' meaning "Ema's Clearing") *Enton (unknown, derived from En + ''tun'', possibly "estate end") *Farncombe (''Fernecome'' meaning "marshy valley") *Feathercombe (possibly meaning "wooded valley") *Frillinghurst ("the wooded hill of the people of the forest edge") *Godalming (''Godhelm Ingas'' meaning "the people of Godhelm") *Grafham (''Grafhæm'' meaning "farm by the grove") *Hambledon (''Hameledūn'' probably meaning "flat-topped hill") *Hankley (''Hank'' + lēah'', meaning either "Hank's clearing" or possibly "dry clearing") *Hascombe (''Hægtessecombe'', meaning "valley of the witch") *Hurling (''Hurlingas'', meanin "Hurl's people" *Hurtmore (''heorotmera'', the second part means "hart (deer) lake") *Hurthill ("deer hill") *Hydestyle (unknown) *Hydon ("high hill") *Lascombe (the second part means "valley") *Littleton ("small estate") *Losley (''Loselēah'', the second part means "clearing") *Loxhill *Lydling ("little people") *Milford ("the ford by the mill") *Mousehill, Surrey (possibly literal, probably Middle English) *Munstead (possibly "Mun's place") *Northbourne ("north stream") *Nurscombe (''Notescombe'' meaning "Note's valley" *Ockford (''Hocford'', "ford of the River Ock") *Ockley (''Occalēah'', "Occa's clearing") *Peper Harrow (''Pīpereheōrge'', "heathen temple of the Pipers") *Polsted (the second part means "place") *Prior's Field ("pasture of the Prior" *Puttenham (originally ''Reddesolhæm'', the second part means "farm", the first part may be a given name.) *Rodborough, see also Rodborough School (unknown, but the second part refers to a ''burh'' which is a "fortified camp") *Rodsall (derived from the same name as Puttanham, above, ''Reddesolhæm'') *Sandhills (possibly literal, probably Middle English) *Shackleford (''Sakelesford'', possibly derived from ''scacol'' meaning "tongue of land crossing") *Shackstead (''Scuccastead'', "evil spirit place") *Tadmoor (unknown, but some high ground) *Tilford "fertile river crossing" *Tiltham "fertile farm" *Thursley (''Þunreslēah'', "sacred clearing of Thunor" *Thorncombe Street "wild valley" *Truxford (unknown but a river crossing) *Tuesley (''Tīweslēah'', "sacred clearing of Tyr" *Unsted (see Munstead) *Winkford (unknown but a river crossing, perhaps with a given name) *Winkworth (the first part means "corner" or "nook", the second part means a "walled enclosure") *Witley (''Witlēah'', "white clearing" perhaps due to Silver Birch trees) *Wormley (''Wormlēah'', "clearing of snakes", perhaps due to many adders in the vicinity) *Yagden Hill (unknown, but the second part "den" is derived from ''dun'' meaning "hill") * Mills, Anthony David, ''A Dictionary of British Place-Names'' (2003), Oxford University Press http://www.scribd.com/doc/49653561/3/Surrey http://www.localhistories.org/names.html 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of places in the Godalming hundred」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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