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City of York - Surrounding Places
Above: An old postcard showing York and the Minster
See also Jorvik in the Timeline
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PLACES AROUND YORK
Acaster Malbis - Acaster means the site of a Roman fort which was later aquired by and Anglo-Saxon called Aca. After the Norman conquest the manor was owned by the Malbis family.
Acomb - Acomb derives from the Anglo Saxon Akum which means oaks, um being an Anglo-Saxon plural. There are two Acombs in the north, near Hexham and near York.
Appleton Roebuck - The name Appleton indicates an Anglo-Saxon farm where apples grew. Roebuck derives from Rabuk, the name of a man who owned the place in the fourteenth century.
Askham Bryan - Askham mean the homestead near the ash trees. Bryan son of Scolland was a thirteenth century owner.
Askham Richard - Thought to be named after Richard Duke of Cornwall in the thirteenth century
Bishopthorpe - Bishopthorpe lies about three miles south of York on the western bank of the River Ouse. Originally a village called Thorpe St Andrew, it was bought by an Archnbishop of York called Walter De Grey in 1230 who rebuilt the manor house as a place of residence which became Bishopthorpe Palace. This was rebuilt and extended by successive Archbishops over the centuries and extended in the eighteenth century. Bishopthorpe Palace is still the official residence of the Archbishop of York today.
Cawood - This means Wood of the Jackdaw.
Copmanthorpe - Means village of the chapmen - the traders' thorpe.
Dringhouses - Drinhouses is a souther subburb of York which has a Scandinavian name meaning the houses of the Drengs. A Dreng was a free tenant holding land by tenure older than the Norman conquest. Dreng could also mean 'lad' or 'servant'. Goddards House in Dringhouses is a Tudoresque house dating from 1926
Foss, River - Foss means ditch-like river and may have the root of its name in the Latin fossa.
Ouse, River - A Celtic river name thought to mean water. It may be realted to the Sanskrit word Udso.
Sheriff Hutton - Once held by Bertram Bulmer, the Sheriff of York who died in 1166.
Strensall - A myseterious name which is often compared to the ancient name of Whitby.
Tockwith - This means Tocca's Vithr, the wood belonging to Tocca.
Upper Poppleton - Poppleton is thought to mean the pebbly farm.
Whipmawhopmagate - The name of a street in the city of York containing the common Viking word gate, from the Old Norse Gata meaning street. It is thought to have been the place where dogs called whappets were whipped on St Lukes Day.
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