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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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