Key to English Place-names

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'Ash-tree waters' or perhaps, 'waters at a place called Onn (= ash-tree)'.","comment":null,"meetknowncode":null,"shire":"Hampshire","elements":[{"headword":null,"hword":"onnen","hversion":1,"language":"Primitive Welsh","langcode":"CBA","note":"Ash-tree."},{"headword":"dubro-","hword":"dubro-","hversion":1,"language":"British","langcode":"CB","note":"Water."}]}]] </script> </section> <footer> <section class="footerleft">Created by <a href="http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/ins/index.aspx">The Institute for Name-Studies.</a><br /> © University of Nottingham 2025 </section> <section class="footerright"><a href="http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/opendata/licensing.html"><img src="imgs/os_datalogo.png" alt="OSOpen data"/></a><a href="http://www.le.ac.uk"><img src="imgs/le_ac_logo.png" alt="University of Liecester"/></a> <a href="http://www.britac.ac.uk"><img src="imgs/ba.png" alt="British Academy"/></a><a href="http://www.ahrc.ac.uk"><img src="imgs/ahrc.gif" alt="Arts and Humanities Reearch Council"/></a></section></footer> <script type="text/javascript" src="js/search.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="js/markerclusterer.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="js/jsonLoader.js?callback=init&args=markers&args=zoom&args=7"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="js/events.packed.js"></script> </body> </html>

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Key to English Place-names