Does any one know about the meaning of place names?

Loads of place names have the same parts to it, like Ham, wick bridge etc. Some are obvious, and I know that Ham is short for hamlet, but there are loads that I don't know! Id there a website with a dictionary of these?

Does any one know about the meaning of place names?
Placename Meanings





There are dictionaries of british place names. That you should be able to get quite cheap. Foud page as requested (looks better on table)





Anglo Saxon -Word Meaning - Examples of place name





barrow -wood -Barrow-in -Furness





bury -fortified place -Banbury/ Shaftesbury





ford -shallow river crossing -Stamford





ham -village -Birmingham





hamm -enclosure within bend of a river' -Southhampton


Buckingham





hurst -wooden hill - Staplehurst/ Chislehurst





leigh / lee / ley -forest clearing -Henley





mer /mar /mere -lake -Cromer





ney -island





port -market town -Bridport





stead /sted -place -Stanstead





stow / stowe -meeting place/holy place -Stowmarket


/Padstow





ton / tun -enclosed village / farmstead /manor


-Tonbridge/ Alton /Luton





wick / wich -Produce of a farm Greenwich (fields)


Woolwich (sheep)


Butterwick (dairy)


Chiswick (cheese)


Norwich (?)
Reply:Some are anglo-saxon..like Ham=a settlement %26amp;Hamm =a water meadow such as a stream runnng through a field.
Reply:no there isn't - no one is interested enough. Why don't you write one? Here is another for your book - 'by' on the end of a place name means 'town'. Derby for example means 'animal town'.
Reply:I Googled 'meaning place name elements' and got quite a few sites like the one below.
Reply:ID .. stands for ... Identification Card
Reply:脥 know some of the Wesh place names near to me for example. I live in Cwmsyfiog which means Strawberry Valley which sounds lovely.
Reply:If you go to the library, you should be able to find a book on English place names. Most countries have them for their particular language.