Word origins

• HaseldenA surname from Old English.
• CrasterA village and civil parish on the coast of Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU2519).
• FarncombeA village in Godalming parish, Waverley borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9745).
• SpofforthA village in Spofforth with Stockeld parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE3651).
• ColebrookeA village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS7700).
• MerringtonA village in Pimhill parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4720).
• DuftonA village and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY6925).
• appleyResembling apples, apple-like.
• HambridgeA village in Hambridge and Westport parish, South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3921).
• HamertonA village in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL145794).
• HengistOne of a pair of brothers (the other being Horsa) said to have led the Angles, Saxons and Jutes in their invasion of Britain in the 5th century, and to have been the first of the Jutish kings of Kent.
• WesterleighA village in Westerleigh and Coalpit Heath parish, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6979).
• OuseleyA surname from Old English.
• HullandA village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2446).
• ThurnhamA small village and civil parish in Maidstone borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ8057).
• BeardallA surname from Old English.
• scurfA skin disease.
• BelfrageA surname.
• BollinA surname.
• ChettleA village and civil parish in Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST9513).
• ermeTo grieve; to feel sad.
• YeldhamA surname from Old English.
• NetherburyA village and civil parish between Beaminster and Bridport, west Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY4799).
• RotherwickA village and civil parish in Hart district, Hampshire, England.
• FenbyA surname.
• SharnbrookA village and civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9959).
• ConybeareA surname from Old English.
• SwithunA 9th-century English saint, bishop of Winchester
• MauldenA village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL048377).
• aberemurderpremeditated murder
• ac-oak.
• AckfordA surname from Old English.
• Adgarleya place name
• AegenA male given name from Old English.
• AegenwulfA male given name from Old English.
• Ælfricthe name of several historically significant men in tenth- and eleventh-century England
• æscThe name of the Latin script letter Æ/æ.
• AethelredA male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Aethelred I, King of Wessex between 865 and his death in 871.
• AfricanishSomewhat African.
• aftermostNearest the stern of a vessel; farthest aft.
• agriseTo shudder with horror; to tremble, to be terrified.
• AightonA hamlet in Lancashire.
• AldbroughA village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA2438).
• AldburyA village and civil parish in Dacorum district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9612).
• Aldcliffea hamlet near Lancaster in Lancashire, England.
• AlderwickA surname.
• AldfordA village in Aldford and Saighton parish, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4159).
• AldinghamA coastal village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD2871).
• AldrethA hamlet near the River Great Ouse in Cambridgeshire, England.
• aleconnerAn officer, appointed yearly, who tasted ale (as well as bread), to ensure its quality.
• AllbrookA suburban village and civil parish in Eastleigh borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4521).
• All CanningsA village and civil parish east of Devizes, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0761).
• almsdeedThe giving of alms; an act of charity, a good work.
• alms-feeAn annual tax of one penny on every hearth, collected in England and Ireland and sent to Rome, from the beginning of the tenth century until it was abolished by Henry VIII.
• AlnhamA hamlet and civil parish in Northumberland, England.
• andersmeatA light snack consumed in the afternoon.
• AngertonA village in Kirkbride parish and Holme East Waver parish, Cumberland council area, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY2257).
• AnglezarkeA civil parish (without a council) in Chorley borough, Lancashire, England.
• AnglishOf, in, or pertaining to this form of English.
• ApperknowleA village in Unstone parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3878).
• areachTo reach for, get at, obtain, get hold of.
• areadTo soothsay, prophesy.
• ArtingstallA surname from Old English.
• AshcottA small village and civil parish located in the Sedgemoor area of Somerset in the south-west of England.
• AshdonA village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex, England, located about 6 km (4 miles) (6 km) northeast of Saffron Walden and 37 km (23 miles) northwest of Chelmsford (OS grid ref TL5842).
• AshtreeA Surname.
• AshwickA village and civil parish in Mendip district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6348).
• AspullA village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD6108).
• AsterleyA village in Shropshire, England.
• AstwickA hamlet and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL215385).
• atgarA kind of spear or lance formerly in use.
• atheedLanguage.
• AthelneyA hamlet in Burrowbridge parish and Stoke St Gregory parish, Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district and Taunton Deane district (OS grid ref ST3428).
• AuthbertA surname from Old English.
• AverhamA village and civil parish (served by Averham, Kelham and Staythorpe Parish Council) in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7654).
• Aveton GiffordA village and civil parish in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX6947).
• awrathAnger; enrage.
• awreakTo avenge, take vengeance on.
• BadbyA village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP5658).
• battle-sharpSharp for use in battle or fighting.
• BaxendenA village in Hyndburn district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD774265).
• beam treeA tree (Aria edulis, syns. Sorbus aria, Pyrus aria) related to the apple.
• BeausaleA village in Beausale, Haseley, Honiley and Wroxall parish, Warwick district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2470).
• bedridBedridden.
• beebreadBee pollen with added honey and bee secretions, made and stored in brood cells by forager bees, and used as food for worker bees and larvae.
• BeefordA village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
• bee motherA queen bee (perceived as the mother of the hive)
• beestingsThe first milk drawn from an animal (especially a cow) after it has given birth.
• Bere FerrersA village and civil parish in West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX4563).
• berewickAn outlying estate.
• Berry PomeroyA village and civil parish in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8261).
• Berwick-upon-TweedA town and civil parish with a town council in Northumberland, and the northernmost town in England (OS grid ref NT9953).
• betwixenBetwixt; between.
• bibliothecA library.
• BickerstaffeA village and civil parish in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4404).
• BinsteadA village in the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5792).
• BirchleyA habitational surname from Old English.
• BirchmoreA habitational surname.
• BirdhamA village and civil parish in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SZ8299).
• Bishop's HullA village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST2024).