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Anglo-Saxon Hystory Illustrated By Topographical Nomenclature.
i TOPOGRAPHICAL NOMPNCLATITEB .
[ Continued from "p . 254 . ] ON THE FGRM IN KILL . The form in Kill seems to be a dialectic variation of GhMl as Cart of Chart , Kirk of Church , cfec . The following are examples : —
Derbyshire—Kilbourn , near Horsley . GLOUCESTERSHIREKillcqtt , near Hawkesbury . „ ,, Newent . Leicestershire—Kilworth . Middlesex—Kilburn . Northumbeejdani )^—Kilham , Kirk Newton . Eillingworth .
NOTTIKG ^ AHSHIRE---Elton . SOMEBSPTSHIBE- — - Kilton , Wilhtpn . Yorkshire , ^ Iforth )—Eilbura , Thirsk-Mldw ^ Kilhani , Driffield . .. "___ Kilton , Guisborough . Yorkshire , ( East)— - Ifflhahi . YoRXSHiRE , ( West )—Kildwick , Skipton .
Killcot is most likely the correlative of Ghileot , as in Oxfordshire ; Kilham of Chilliam , as in Kent j Kilton of Chilton , as in Somersetstjire . It is confirmatory of the view here taken of this word , thai " Kill " is found to be a great degree in the north and east districts , and " Chill" in the south and west .
ON THE FORM COOL . The word Cool is found in some few cases , but whether it stands for the adjective " 000 ! " or for a form of " cowl / ' is uncertain . Of this form is Cool Pilate , near Nantwich , in Cheshire . Undetermined words , w hich may be recorded here , are : —
Kent— Cooling in Hoo . J ^ ORTH UMBERLANOCouldsmouth ( most likelj Coldsmouth ) , in Kirk Newton . Surrey—Coulsdon , near Croydon . Wilts E — ast Coulston .
Suffolk—Cowling , near Eisbridge . North Yorkshire—Coulton , near Helmsley . Lancashire—Coulton . West Yorkshire—Coultpn . Cowling , Kildwick .
Many of these are spoken with a long o and not with an ow sound , and some of them are dialectic variations of Cold or Cole .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Anglo-Saxon Hystory Illustrated By Topographical Nomenclature.
i TOPOGRAPHICAL NOMPNCLATITEB .
[ Continued from "p . 254 . ] ON THE FGRM IN KILL . The form in Kill seems to be a dialectic variation of GhMl as Cart of Chart , Kirk of Church , cfec . The following are examples : —
Derbyshire—Kilbourn , near Horsley . GLOUCESTERSHIREKillcqtt , near Hawkesbury . „ ,, Newent . Leicestershire—Kilworth . Middlesex—Kilburn . Northumbeejdani )^—Kilham , Kirk Newton . Eillingworth .
NOTTIKG ^ AHSHIRE---Elton . SOMEBSPTSHIBE- — - Kilton , Wilhtpn . Yorkshire , ^ Iforth )—Eilbura , Thirsk-Mldw ^ Kilhani , Driffield . .. "___ Kilton , Guisborough . Yorkshire , ( East)— - Ifflhahi . YoRXSHiRE , ( West )—Kildwick , Skipton .
Killcot is most likely the correlative of Ghileot , as in Oxfordshire ; Kilham of Chilliam , as in Kent j Kilton of Chilton , as in Somersetstjire . It is confirmatory of the view here taken of this word , thai " Kill " is found to be a great degree in the north and east districts , and " Chill" in the south and west .
ON THE FORM COOL . The word Cool is found in some few cases , but whether it stands for the adjective " 000 ! " or for a form of " cowl / ' is uncertain . Of this form is Cool Pilate , near Nantwich , in Cheshire . Undetermined words , w hich may be recorded here , are : —
Kent— Cooling in Hoo . J ^ ORTH UMBERLANOCouldsmouth ( most likelj Coldsmouth ) , in Kirk Newton . Surrey—Coulsdon , near Croydon . Wilts E — ast Coulston .
Suffolk—Cowling , near Eisbridge . North Yorkshire—Coulton , near Helmsley . Lancashire—Coulton . West Yorkshire—Coultpn . Cowling , Kildwick .
Many of these are spoken with a long o and not with an ow sound , and some of them are dialectic variations of Cold or Cole .