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    Cumbrian toponymy refers to the study of place names in Cumbria, a county in North West England, and as a result of the spread of the ancient Cumbric...
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  • Cumbric (redirect from Cumbrian language)
    Cumbric dying out between 1250 and 1300 at the very latest. Cumbrian dialect Cumbrian toponymy Kenneth H. Jackson Kingdom of Strathclyde Nicolaisen, W. F...
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    Inver as place-name elements Celtic onomastics Celtic toponymy Cumbrian toponymy Irish toponymy List of generic forms in place names in the United Kingdom...
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  • adoption by Thomas Comber in c. 1880. List of tautological place names Cumbrian toponymy Francis, Darryl (2003). "The Debunking of Torpenhow Hill". Word Ways...
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    survived, with the exception of place name elements (especially in Cumbrian toponymy) and the Yan Tan Tethera counting system, which largely fell out of...
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    Crime Commissioner Cumbria shootings Cumbrian dialect Barrovian Cumbrian toponymy Cumbric language Etymology of Cumbrian place names Healthcare in Cumbria...
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    suffix dale clearly derives from the word for valley in Old Norse; see Cumbrian toponymy. It is archaeologically certain that Vikings inhabited the region...
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    Brittonic-speaking Welsh (in Wales), Cornish (in Cornwall), Bretons (in Brittany) and Cumbrians (in the Old North); and the Goidelic-speaking Irish (in Ireland), Scots...
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    England Awards for Excellence in 2015. The name Stott Park derives from the Cumbrian dialect word stott meaning a bullock or young ox. The whole area of High...
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    Urswick (section Toponymy)
    birthplace of St Patrick: a theory which has been challenged chiefly by some Cumbrian prehistorians, industrial and commercial sector archaeologists and historic...
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    England, much of northern England was inhabited by the Brigantes, though the Cumbrian highland area was inhabited by the Carvetii, who were possibly a tribe...
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    Burgh (section Toponymy)
    'r'[clarification needed]. Another variant pronunciation, /brʌf/ , is heard in several Cumbrian place names, e.g. Burgh by Sands, Longburgh, Drumburgh, Mayburgh Henge...
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    Yanwath (section Toponymy)
    meaning 'ford'; thus Yamonwath means ford in the River Eamont ('Yamon' in Cumbrian dialect). "Yanwath Primary School website". Retrieved 15 July 2020. Historic...
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    Aspatria (section Toponymy)
    Durham Mining Museum Index of Mines J Rose & M Dunglinson: Aspatria, a Cumbrian Town (Phillimore, 1987) Wigton Advertiser, 28 September 1918 Oxford Dictionary...
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    epigraphic evidence, an important source of information on early Celtic is toponymy (place names). Arnaiz-Villena et al. (2017) demonstrated that Celtic-related...
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  • 2004) ISBN 1-84158-323-5 List of counties of the United Kingdom British toponymy List of generic forms in British place names Welsh placenames United Nations...
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    which were exploited by early miners. The first documented mining in the Cumbrian area was in Bigrigg mine roughly 15 miles south of Little Clifton in the...
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    stationed there, giving its name to the subsequent town, but see the "Toponymy" section above. The Roman road from Manchester to Carlisle ran through...
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    bend of the river". Among the later scholars supporting the "cheese farm" toponymy are Eilert Ekwall (1960) and A. D. Mills (2011) (both Oxford University...
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    Vanduara (Paisley). Following the end of Roman rule in Britain in 410, the Cumbrian Britons, with their capital at Dumbarton, retained a hold on all the territory...
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    connections to Whitehaven, Workington and Carlisle to the north, via the Cumbrian Coast Line, and to Ulverston, Grange-over-Sands and Lancaster to the east...
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