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Article i TOPOGRAPHICAL NOMPNCLATITEB. ← Page 6 of 7 →
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I Topographical Nompnclatiteb.
The word C ( C obi" is determined by the same evidence ^ and so is the word " Harbour . " - ~ The word " Windy" refers to " wind / and not to " winding " These words are to be found hi the Germanic area of Britain , Germania and France , and not in the Celtic area , unless as an offshoot or endave from the m Celtic area and in the main Latin area these words are not found . They are therefore Germanic words and of Germanic application , and the meaning is strictly a " Cold , Cool , Chill , or Windy military
station , camp , or habitation . A great conformity will be found in these terms , thus : — . Cold Harbour , Koude Herberg , Kalte Herberge . Harbour , Harberg , Herberg , Harberger . Coldrey , Gloucestershire ; Gaudry , French Flanders ; Childrey , Berkshire . Cold Oak ; Wmdecken , near Frankfort . Colham , Middlesex ; Kolham , W . Friezeland ; Chilham , Kent , & c . ; Kilham v Colkirk , Norfblk /& c . ; Caelde Kirchen , & c .
Cold Harbour , Cool Camp and Windy Harbour , are variations of the same term used in different districts . The places with the elements , " Cold , Chill , Harbour , < fec . " are to be found in the neighbourhood of Roman stations , on known Roman roads , or in company with known Romanic names . Whether the places so referred to were solely Roman camps or stations , does not necessarily follow from this statement , for the name mav have been given to old or new Celtic camns or stations .
Why the words , with the meaning of Cold or Windy are applied to camps and to Roman settlements , I do not undertake to determine . Cold , as used in the sense of " bare , uncovered , or unroofed , " does not account for the application , as , though cold ; a walled or embanked camp would not be exceedingly " windy , " and in some districts , Windy Harbour replaces Cold Harbour .
Cold , as used in the sense of " deserted , abandoned , or empty / ' does not account for the application , for the correlative , " Windy , " will not cover this meaning . Cold , as applied to a summer station for troops , or cattle is not applicable , for here again , " Windy " doe $ not support the meaning . Cold , as meaning " bleak , " is not supposed by the situation of the places , for , though it is in some cases applied to places on hills , or on moorsor on heathsothers are well sheltered . _ . .. f t
, , , 7 _ The meaning is possibly to be found in some superstition of the Germianic nations , were we better acquainted with the mythology and more particularly with the mythology of the worshippers of Woden . The ash , the oak , the elm , the apple , the beech , all known to be holy trees , and consecrated in the mythology , appear in the names of places without necessary reference to their forest products , ancl so do the holy animals—the raven and others . 2 a 2
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I Topographical Nompnclatiteb.
The word C ( C obi" is determined by the same evidence ^ and so is the word " Harbour . " - ~ The word " Windy" refers to " wind / and not to " winding " These words are to be found hi the Germanic area of Britain , Germania and France , and not in the Celtic area , unless as an offshoot or endave from the m Celtic area and in the main Latin area these words are not found . They are therefore Germanic words and of Germanic application , and the meaning is strictly a " Cold , Cool , Chill , or Windy military
station , camp , or habitation . A great conformity will be found in these terms , thus : — . Cold Harbour , Koude Herberg , Kalte Herberge . Harbour , Harberg , Herberg , Harberger . Coldrey , Gloucestershire ; Gaudry , French Flanders ; Childrey , Berkshire . Cold Oak ; Wmdecken , near Frankfort . Colham , Middlesex ; Kolham , W . Friezeland ; Chilham , Kent , & c . ; Kilham v Colkirk , Norfblk /& c . ; Caelde Kirchen , & c .
Cold Harbour , Cool Camp and Windy Harbour , are variations of the same term used in different districts . The places with the elements , " Cold , Chill , Harbour , < fec . " are to be found in the neighbourhood of Roman stations , on known Roman roads , or in company with known Romanic names . Whether the places so referred to were solely Roman camps or stations , does not necessarily follow from this statement , for the name mav have been given to old or new Celtic camns or stations .
Why the words , with the meaning of Cold or Windy are applied to camps and to Roman settlements , I do not undertake to determine . Cold , as used in the sense of " bare , uncovered , or unroofed , " does not account for the application , as , though cold ; a walled or embanked camp would not be exceedingly " windy , " and in some districts , Windy Harbour replaces Cold Harbour .
Cold , as used in the sense of " deserted , abandoned , or empty / ' does not account for the application , for the correlative , " Windy , " will not cover this meaning . Cold , as applied to a summer station for troops , or cattle is not applicable , for here again , " Windy " doe $ not support the meaning . Cold , as meaning " bleak , " is not supposed by the situation of the places , for , though it is in some cases applied to places on hills , or on moorsor on heathsothers are well sheltered . _ . .. f t
, , , 7 _ The meaning is possibly to be found in some superstition of the Germianic nations , were we better acquainted with the mythology and more particularly with the mythology of the worshippers of Woden . The ash , the oak , the elm , the apple , the beech , all known to be holy trees , and consecrated in the mythology , appear in the names of places without necessary reference to their forest products , ancl so do the holy animals—the raven and others . 2 a 2