List of British place names and their meanings

The following is a table of locations with British place names, their origins and their meanings.

A key to the languages: AS - Anglo-Saxon C - generic Celtic K - Cornish W - Welsh SG - Scots Gaelic N - Northumbrian Celtic PC - pre-Celtic Britannic origin L - Latin/Roman Fr - French V - Viking/Norse cor - Corruption

A list of generic prefixes, suffixes, etc found in British place name may be found here

British Place Names
Modern place name Original name Meaning Language Comments
Charlton ceorla-tun Farmstead of the churls AS There are many Charltons in Britain, taken by some historians as an indicator of comparative economic and social freedom in the Anglo-Saxon social order
Croydon croeas deana Valley of crocuses AS Croydon derives its name from the fact that it was a centre for the gathering of saffron from crocuses.
Hooe hou high ground or elevation AS Plymouth Hoe also derives its name from this source
Pennycomequick pen-y-cwm-kwiuk head of the creek K (cor)
Rodings Hrothingas The tribesmen of Hrotha AS (cor)

Modern place name	Original name	Meaning	Language	Comments
Charlton	ceorla-tun	Farmstead of the churls	AS	There are many Charltons in Britain, taken by some historians as an indicator of comparative economic and social freedom in the Anglo-Saxon social order
Croydon	croeas deana	Valley of crocuses	AS	Croydon derives its name from the fact that it was a centre for the gathering of saffron from crocuses.
Hooe	hou	high ground or elevation	AS	Plymouth Hoe also derives its name from this source
Pennycomequick	pen-y-cwm-kwiuk	head of the creek	K (cor)
Rodings	Hrothingas	The tribesmen of Hrotha	AS (cor)