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amalgamation of the two races and the fusion of the laws. On 

 the settlement of the Danes the old Saxon names gave place 

 to Danish appellations. Thus, on the east coast, Streoneshalch 

 was changed to Wliitby, and in the midland counties, North- 

 weortliig into Deoraby or Derby. The term hy is the Scan- 

 dinavian term for habitation, and was used with much the 

 same latitude as the Saxon ton. l^rom this word hy, as applied 

 to a manor, springs our term Bye-laws, being the laws of the 

 Courts Baron in cases to which the public law does not ex- 

 tend. The name Hundred , as applied to a division of a 

 county, was changed by the Danes to Wapentake or Weapon- 

 touch, a term which has survived to our own times. The 

 name is believed to have originated from the circumstance of 

 a spear being stuck up in the ground where the Landtlilng or 

 court of justice of the Northmen was held ; the contending 

 parties, by each touching the spear with his own weapon, 

 acknowledged the jurisdiction of the court. 



It is not difficult to trace the settlements of the Northmen 

 or Danes in England. They were at first principally on the 

 coasts, where the greatest changes have been made in the 

 names of places. 



In tliis part of Lancashire, commencing at Pormby, they 

 extend by Great and Little Crosby, Kirkby, Eoby, Thingwell, 

 and Childwall, where they intersect the boundaries of the old 

 Saxon Mark. Thingwell is interesting, as deriving its name 

 from the ancient Danish court of justice, or place of popular 

 assembly, held there. The name is derived from Thingy a 

 court of justice, and Wald, hill. The site is singularly adapted 

 for the purpose. It is well known as being now the site of 

 the mansion of Mr. Samuel Thompson, the banker. The Tyn- 

 wald-hill, in the Isle of Man, is precisely of the same origin, 

 and is still used for the purpose of promulgating the laws of 

 the island. In Cheshire, the Danish settlements commence at 

 the mouth of the river Dee, at West Kirkby, and extend by 

 Erankby, Greasby, Baby, Irby, Ness, and Neston. We have 



