<![CDATA[Alfred's Serif Users' Forums — The origin of place names in England]]> 2022-11-18T09:51:26Z PunBB https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?id=302 <![CDATA[The origin of place names in England]]> I have known for a long time of the fact that some place names ending in -by, such as Grimsby, have a Viking origin.

New to me is the extent of the influence in English place names of the language that now survives as Welsh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQoVaPvRqvc

William

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