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- What places end in by?
- Why do village names end in by?
- How many UK cities are there?
- Why do towns end in Thorpe?
- What does Cote mean in English place names?
- What were Viking towns called?
- Are cities in counties UK?
- What is the UK's smallest city?
- What is England's oldest city?
- Are there still villages in England?
- How many counties are in England?
What places end in by?
Place names ending in -by, such as Selby or Whitby. These -by endings are generally places where the Vikings settled first. In Yorkshire there are 210 -by place names. The -by has passed into English as 'by-law' meaning the local law of the town or village.
Why do village names end in by?
Place names with the ending ‑by are well-known in Denmark, e.g. Valby and Næsby. The word by originally had the meaning 'place to live. ' In Danish, though, the meaning must have turned into 'village' very early because it is extremely rare to find single farms with names in ‑by in Denmark.
How many UK cities are there?
How many cities are in England? England has 51 cities. Becoming a city is not automatic, however, as city status is granted by the British monarch or on the advice of ministers.
Why do towns end in Thorpe?
In other cases Viking place names can be identified by the use of a Norse suffix, like –thorpe which means village or -by, which can both mean village or town, as in Grimsby, which simply means the town or farm of Grímur. In other cases the Norse suffix was added to an Anglo-Saxon word or name.
What does Cote mean in English place names?
French (Côte): topographic name for someone who lived on a slope or riverbank, less often on the coast, from Old French coste (Latin costa 'rib', 'side', 'flank', also used in a transferred topographical sense).
What were Viking towns called?
The areas the Viking settled in were known as Danelaw. It covered an area roughly east of a line on a map joining London and Chester. The Saxons lived south of the line.
Are cities in counties UK?
In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a county town is the most important town or city in a county. It is usually the location of administrative or judicial functions within a county and the place where the county's members of Parliament are elected.
What is the UK's smallest city?
Why go. With just 1,600 residents, St Davids is Britain's smallest city by population, sitting on a beautiful stretch of the Pembrokeshire coast.
What is England's oldest city?
Colchester. Colchester claims to be Britain's oldest recorded town. Its claim is based on a reference by Pliny the Elder, the Roman writer, in his Natural History (Historia Naturalis) in 77 AD.
Are there still villages in England?
The United Kingdom is home to some of the most charming villages in the world. It's got vibrant communities dotted along the coastline, rural country villages crammed with cosy pubs and cobbled streets, and remote gems with much more to see than their small size suggests.
How many counties are in England?
There are 48 counties in England. Counties on this website are the 'ceremonial counties' as defined by the Lieutenancies Act 1997.
