William Dugdale, The Antiquities of Warwickshire (1656)
Date
1656
Author
William
Dugdale
Note: 30/09/2005
Book title
The Antiquities Of Warwickshire Illustrated; From Records, Leiger-Books, Manuscripts, Charters, Evidences, Tombes, and Armes: Beautified With Maps, Prospects and Portraictures
Publication place
London
Printer
Thomas Warren
Text type
printed book
Genre
Treatises
Subject area
- antiquities
- place name
- proper name
Summary
Occasional speculations on etymology of names
Word-group
type: other
Word-entry
type: headword
sample: Minworth. THis having been the freehold of one Godric before the Norman invasion, and in the Conqueror's time possest by Turchill de Warwick, was by the generall Survey certified to contain 1 hide, the woods extending to half a mile in length, and 3 furlongs in breadth: All which with the rest were then valued at v s. In that Record it is written Meneworde, the later syllable signifying an habitation or dwelling, and the former shewing of whom, though a name now out of use. (p. 681)
sample: Minworth. THis having been the freehold of one Godric before the Norman invasion, and in the Conqueror's time possest by Turchill de Warwick, was by the generall Survey certified to contain 1 hide, the woods extending to half a mile in length, and 3 furlongs in breadth: All which with the rest were then valued at v s. In that Record it is written Meneworde, the later syllable signifying an habitation or dwelling, and the former shewing of whom, though a name now out of use. (p. 681)
Alston
XI, p. 46
Wing
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