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| Name Ending |
| Introduction |
| -bec, beck |
| -burgh |
| -by, bi |
| -chester, caister |
| -den, dene |
| -don |
| -field |
| -firth |
| -ford |
| -hall |
| -ham |
| -ing |
| -kirk |
| -ley, lea, leigh |
| -minster |
| -scale |
| -sea, sey |
| -shaw, shawe |
| -stock, stoke, stow |
| -thwaite |
| -ton |
| -ville |
| -wick |
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New Light on Old Place Names
| | DON, DOWN. DUNE |
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Basic meaning="elongated hill or ridge" |
Place names using the term
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Dün in an early English word which has become a common ending for a landmark built on the edge or end of a low hill or range of hills.
South of London there are two ranges of long low hills named the North Downs and the South Downs respectively. To the people living on the high ground, everything else was "down". Dun has also been used as "dune" (as in sand dune).
It is also where we get the English adjective "down" (meaning "below").
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