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TRANSCRIPT
AN
GL
O-S
AXO
N P
LA
CE-N
AM
ES
The
Ang
lo-S
axon
s sp
oke
Old
Eng
lish.
Som
e pl
ace-
nam
es s
till
cont
ain
Old
Eng
lish
word
s. T
his
help
s ar
chae
olog
ists
fin
d wh
ere
the
Ang
lo-S
axon
s liv
ed.
Old E
nglis
h wo
rds
in p
lace
-nam
es a
nd t
heir
mea
ning
s bu
hr (
mod
ern
word
bo
roug
h)
fort
ifie
d to
wn
burn
st
ream
bu
ry
fort
ifie
d pl
ace
combe
sm
all v
alle
y co
t sm
all h
ut/h
ouse
du
n hi
ll fo
rd
shal
low
rive
r cr
ossi
ng
ham
villa
ge
holt
wood
hu
rst
wood
en h
ill
ing
peop
le
lea
/ ley
clea
ring
in a
woo
d st
oc /
sto
ke
outl
ying
far
m/s
ettl
emen
t st
ow
mee
ting
/ h
oly
plac
e to
n/tu
n ho
use
or v
illag
e W
ic /
wick
/ wi
ch
farm
wo
rth
fenc
ed la
nd
Ang
lo-S
axon
pla
ce-n
ames
oft
en in
clud
ed p
eopl
e�s
nam
es.
Her
e ar
e so
me
exam
ples
of
Ang
lo-S
axon
pla
ce-n
ames
: Oxf
ord
was
Oxe
n Fo
rd m
eani
ng r
iver
cro
ssin
g fo
r O
xen
Not
ting
ham
was
Sno
ttin
gham
mea
ning
vill
age
of S
not�s
pe
ople
Co
dfor
d wa
s Co
dda�s
For
d m
eani
ng t
he r
iver
cro
ssin
g be
long
ing
to C
odda
Ath
elha
mpt
on w
as A
thel
helm
�s To
n m
eani
ng A
thel
helm
�s fa
rm
Crea
te y
our
own
Ang
lo-S
axon
pla
ce-n
ames
: