Author: Primary

Village Settlers

Name……………...

The origins of place names

Geography M2 Thursday September 9th

When settlers came to Britain, they built villages and towns and gave them names. Use your maps of Sussex and East Anglia to find places with the endings below in them.

-stead

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stead
means
place

-ton
means
farm

-ton

……………………………………………………………………………….

-ing

……………………………………………………………………………….

-ing
means
people

-ley
means
clearing

-ley

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Saxon Terms: 350AD - 1000AD
Bourne: Stream Burn: Stream Burg: Large village Croft: Small enclosure Cot: Small hut Delph: Ditch, dyke or stream Den(n): Pig pasture Eg; Ey; Ea; Eig: Island Fall: Area cleared of trees Fen: Fen Field: Field Ham: Village Hurst: Clearing Ing: People Lake: Lake Ley; Lea: Clearing Mere: Pool Moor: Moor Moss: Swamp Riding; Rod: Cleared land Stead: place Stoc: Summer pasture Stoke: 'Daughter' settlement Stow: Holy Place Ton; Tun: House; Farm Weald; Wold; High Woodland Wic; Wike: Farm; Group of huts Wood: Wood Worth: Fenced land Worthy: Enclosed land