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Article i TOPOGRAPHICAL NOMPNCLATITEB. ← Page 3 of 7 →
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I Topographical Nompnclatiteb.
The form is sometimes found " wind , " but most commonly " windy . " The following are examples : —
Cheshire— : ' ' ' Wyndyharbour , Wildbour \ clough . Cumberland—Wind Hall , Gosforth . Windybrow ( a mine ) . Windyilall , Aileton . * Windyhill , Stapleton . Windyslack , Tbwaites . Cornwall—* Cold Wind . Derbyshire—Windley . Durham—Windy Nook , Yarrow . * Widdy Bank , Harwood-Wmdy Hill , Mickham . Gloucestershire" Windrush . (?) Hertfordshire —¦ * Windridge . Lancashire—Windy Harbour , Goosnargh . ,, ,, Turton . ,, ,, Standish . ,, ,, Huneoat .
Lancashire— -continued . Windy Harbour , Wlielton . „ ¦ „ ¦ Winstanley . Northumberland . * Windyhall , Whindyhall , near Kirkhaugh , Windyhough , Linshiels . Windylaw , Ellingham . Shropshire—Windy Arbour . * ¦ Windy Oak , Stanton . Sussex—Windham . Westmoreland . Windyhill , Button in the Hay . WARWICKSHIREWinderton . Yorkshire—Windhill . KlNROSSHIREWindy Gates . Sterling shire—. Windy Neuks .
CONTINENTAL FORMS OF COLD AND HARBOUR . If , as supposed by so many , Cold Harbour be a Celtic word , then we shall find it in the Celtic countries ; if a Latin word t then in the Latin countries ; if a Germanic word , then in the Germanic countries . Cold Harbour is not to be found in its entirety , or in its parts , in Wales , Ireland , or Prance , where there are Celtic names enough nor is it to be found at all , unless in Germanic situations .
It the rule first laid down by bir K . u Iloare , on a small scale and practised by Mr . Hartshorne , to a greater extent , namely , seekin g along the line of Roman roads , and for places of Roman nomenclature * as Caster , Wick—and if that law be a true one—it will not only be applicable to Britain , but to Germania , for it is to be assumed that nomenclature was brought into this island by the Germanic invaders . On examining the course of the Roman roads in Germania , and the neighbourhood of the known Roman settlements there will be found
a Mr . G . B . Cole , in a letter to the editor , without putting forward a definite theory on tho word " Cold Harbour , " or taking tho Celtic or Anglo-Saxon side suggests that the word "Cold" may be an Anglo-Saxon word , meaning 4 f Chief " and that " Harbour ' is to bo interpreted on Mr . F . Crossley ' s theory . '
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I Topographical Nompnclatiteb.
The form is sometimes found " wind , " but most commonly " windy . " The following are examples : —
Cheshire— : ' ' ' Wyndyharbour , Wildbour \ clough . Cumberland—Wind Hall , Gosforth . Windybrow ( a mine ) . Windyilall , Aileton . * Windyhill , Stapleton . Windyslack , Tbwaites . Cornwall—* Cold Wind . Derbyshire—Windley . Durham—Windy Nook , Yarrow . * Widdy Bank , Harwood-Wmdy Hill , Mickham . Gloucestershire" Windrush . (?) Hertfordshire —¦ * Windridge . Lancashire—Windy Harbour , Goosnargh . ,, ,, Turton . ,, ,, Standish . ,, ,, Huneoat .
Lancashire— -continued . Windy Harbour , Wlielton . „ ¦ „ ¦ Winstanley . Northumberland . * Windyhall , Whindyhall , near Kirkhaugh , Windyhough , Linshiels . Windylaw , Ellingham . Shropshire—Windy Arbour . * ¦ Windy Oak , Stanton . Sussex—Windham . Westmoreland . Windyhill , Button in the Hay . WARWICKSHIREWinderton . Yorkshire—Windhill . KlNROSSHIREWindy Gates . Sterling shire—. Windy Neuks .
CONTINENTAL FORMS OF COLD AND HARBOUR . If , as supposed by so many , Cold Harbour be a Celtic word , then we shall find it in the Celtic countries ; if a Latin word t then in the Latin countries ; if a Germanic word , then in the Germanic countries . Cold Harbour is not to be found in its entirety , or in its parts , in Wales , Ireland , or Prance , where there are Celtic names enough nor is it to be found at all , unless in Germanic situations .
It the rule first laid down by bir K . u Iloare , on a small scale and practised by Mr . Hartshorne , to a greater extent , namely , seekin g along the line of Roman roads , and for places of Roman nomenclature * as Caster , Wick—and if that law be a true one—it will not only be applicable to Britain , but to Germania , for it is to be assumed that nomenclature was brought into this island by the Germanic invaders . On examining the course of the Roman roads in Germania , and the neighbourhood of the known Roman settlements there will be found
a Mr . G . B . Cole , in a letter to the editor , without putting forward a definite theory on tho word " Cold Harbour , " or taking tho Celtic or Anglo-Saxon side suggests that the word "Cold" may be an Anglo-Saxon word , meaning 4 f Chief " and that " Harbour ' is to bo interpreted on Mr . F . Crossley ' s theory . '