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==Ekwall - crow, north, oak, "reach"== | ==Ekwall - crow, north, oak, "reach"== | ||
* Crawe = crow, see crannoch, croiden, cromer | * Crawe = crow, see crannoch, croiden, cromer | ||
* | * CRANAGE - Croeneche, Domesday Book; Craunach 1215, 1274; Craulach 1247, 1271; Cranach 1290; “crows’ stream”. | ||
* | * CRANOE - Craweho Domesday Book; Crawenho 1198; Craunhou 1209; “headland frequented by crows”. | ||
* | *CRASTER - Craucestr 1242; –cestre 1245; “old fort inhabited by crows”. | ||
*CRAWCROOK - Crawecroca 1130 Kraukruke 1242; “bend frequented by crows”. | |||
*CRAWLEY - Crauelai Domesday Book; Craule 1195; Crauuelaea Domesday Book; Craweleainga Mearc 909; Crawanlea 960; Crawelie Domesday Book; Craule 1316; Crauleia 1203; “crows’ wood”. | |||
*CRAWLEY - Crawelawe 1225, 1256; “crows’ hill”. | |||
*CRAWSHAW - Croweshagh 1324; “crows’ wood”. | |||
*CREACOMBE - Crawecome Domesday Book; Crueucumbe 1238; Creucumbe 1284; “crows’ valley”. | |||
*CROMER - Crowemere, Crowmere 1297; “crows’ mere or lake”. | |||
*CROWBOROUGH - Cranbergh 1292; Crowbergh 1390; “crow hill”, might also be “crow grove”. | |||
*CROWCOMBE - Crauuancumb 904; Crawancumb 938; Crawecumbe Domesday Book; “crow valley”. | |||
*CROWELL - Clawelle Domesday Book; Crauwelle 1231; “crow’s spring or stream”. | |||
*CROWHURST - Craueherst 1189; Crawe- Crowehurst 1303, 1315. “crow wood”. | |||
*CROWMARSH - Craumareis 1085; Cravmares Domesday Book; Croumerse 1195; Craumershe 1316; Cromershe 1316. “marsh frequented by crows”. | |||
*CROYDON - Craudon 1243; Croudon 1331; “hill frequented by crows”. | |||
* Croweshagh = 1324 = Crow's Wood | * Croweshagh = 1324 = Crow's Wood | ||
* Northrup [sic] - northern village, also maybe?crossroads?, see below | * Northrup [sic] - northern village, also maybe?crossroads?, see below |
Revision as of 16:57, 27 September 2021
Bureaucratic details
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- Kingdom?
Name Inspiration
- Arakmarch - cow march
- Giant's Reach - a Giant's Gate is a canton in the East (?)
- Oaks
- Lakes, eg. Loch Chrioch (boundary lake)
- Hartford Mark
- Drake's Mark - Currently registered as a Household name.
- Auroch Mark
- Aurochs Berg
- Loch Chrioch
- Fowl March
- Fowl's Fen
- Giants Mark
- Fowls Reach
- Norreach
- Newt's Nest
- Drake's Burg
- Lochland Shire
- Rolling Oaks
- Crow's Crossing
- Crow's Reach (referencing edge of the Kingdom and the middle of nowhere)
- Crow's Lift/Loft (Referencing the Windmills)
- Crow's Cliff
Ekwall - crow, north, oak, "reach"
- Crawe = crow, see crannoch, croiden, cromer
- CRANAGE - Croeneche, Domesday Book; Craunach 1215, 1274; Craulach 1247, 1271; Cranach 1290; “crows’ stream”.
- CRANOE - Craweho Domesday Book; Crawenho 1198; Craunhou 1209; “headland frequented by crows”.
- CRASTER - Craucestr 1242; –cestre 1245; “old fort inhabited by crows”.
- CRAWCROOK - Crawecroca 1130 Kraukruke 1242; “bend frequented by crows”.
- CRAWLEY - Crauelai Domesday Book; Craule 1195; Crauuelaea Domesday Book; Craweleainga Mearc 909; Crawanlea 960; Crawelie Domesday Book; Craule 1316; Crauleia 1203; “crows’ wood”.
- CRAWLEY - Crawelawe 1225, 1256; “crows’ hill”.
- CRAWSHAW - Croweshagh 1324; “crows’ wood”.
- CREACOMBE - Crawecome Domesday Book; Crueucumbe 1238; Creucumbe 1284; “crows’ valley”.
- CROMER - Crowemere, Crowmere 1297; “crows’ mere or lake”.
- CROWBOROUGH - Cranbergh 1292; Crowbergh 1390; “crow hill”, might also be “crow grove”.
- CROWCOMBE - Crauuancumb 904; Crawancumb 938; Crawecumbe Domesday Book; “crow valley”.
- CROWELL - Clawelle Domesday Book; Crauwelle 1231; “crow’s spring or stream”.
- CROWHURST - Craueherst 1189; Crawe- Crowehurst 1303, 1315. “crow wood”.
- CROWMARSH - Craumareis 1085; Cravmares Domesday Book; Croumerse 1195; Craumershe 1316; Cromershe 1316. “marsh frequented by crows”.
- CROYDON - Craudon 1243; Croudon 1331; “hill frequented by crows”.
- Croweshagh = 1324 = Crow's Wood
- Northrup [sic] - northern village, also maybe?crossroads?, see below
- Oakmere [sic] - oak lake in Ekwall
- Oakworth [sic] - oak homestead
- Oaklea - oak wood
- Aconbury - old fort inhabited by squirrels - somebody PLEASE take this name!!!!
- Winghat - wind gate or pass where wind blows through.
Other ideas
Giant
- Giant is a late period English surname
- Ent is Old English for giant per the Middle English Dictionary - https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/dictionary/MED14203/track?counter=2&search_id=9800794
Oak
- Oak in Middle English Dictionary - https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/dictionary/MED30485/track?counter=1&search_id=9800794
- (1277) EPNSoc.17 (Not.)82 : Hoddeshock. Hoddes Oak. Hodde has lots of places.
- Oakmere [sic] - oak lake in Ekwall
Borders
- Rand = Old English for a border land, edge/margin/shore
- Thorp, Throp = outlying farm, territory, also possibly (per Middle English Dictionary) ?a place where many ways meet, crossroads;
- Northorp is in Ekwall
- Marche - https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/dictionary/MED26879/track?counter=1&search_id=9803728
- (a) A region, province, district; a country; -- often pl.; also, land, territory; (b) in titles of one of the English kings of arms: south marche(s of engelond, south marche, the area south of the river Trent in England under the jurisdiction of one of the principal heralds of England; ~ king of armes, the King of Arms, or chief herald, of this region; (c) the range or territory of an animal.
- also in surnames
Lake
- Mere (Middle English) - https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/dictionary/MED27421/track?counter=10&search_id=9800794
- (1313) EPNSoc.19 (Cmb.)83 : Foulmere.
- (1212-1315) EPNSoc.19 (Cmb.)339 : Gosemere.
- Lai (Middle English) - https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/dictionary/MED24575/track?counter=1&search_id=9800794
Prairie aka meadow:
- Lea, Lei, etc. - https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/dictionary/MED25040/track?counter=1&search_id=9803728
- Akley, Okley [sic] - Aka's meadow/opening (after the personal name, so subst. some version of Crow as a personal name?)
- Thormedoholmdale - another word for meadow ?!?
Windmill
- (a1235) Chart.Luffield in North.RS 26 ()128,134 : Winmulnehul…Windmulnehul.
- (c1262) Cart.Newnham in Bdf.HRS 43 ()179 : Wynmulnefeld. (Middle English Dictionary)
- (1339) Cart.St.John in OHS 6985 : Netherwynmulle.
Combination
- Documentation for the combination of the names
- Needed if lingual mix, temporal incompatibility, double-given name, etc.
Conflicts
- House of Northmark