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I tVel (loLibttul about his association of tyne and don ; 

 the latter presumably has reference to colour. And 

 [)0ssibly the dine in the compound words ought not to be 

 associated with tyne — it may have an adjectival force, 

 and be derivable from the Aryan root tan, to stretch, and 

 so denote a narrow stream. Some of the names in our 

 own district — of places situated on small streams — seem to 

 contain the same word as in the Shropshire instances, but 

 in a median position ; for examples, Boddington (Botin- 

 tune), Cheltenham (Chinteneham), Withington (Widen- 

 dune) — the names in brackets are those given in the 

 Domesday Book. 



Having got so far towards the etymology of Chelten- 

 ham, further suggestions may be made. The ending 

 eliavi may be a corruption of Welsh y civvi, the valley. 

 The difficult part is Chin. This may be a corruption of 

 a river name Sin, found in Shannon, called by the 

 Romans Sena, or Scenna Jitimen, and in the name of 

 India, Sindhn. 



The neighbourhood ot Leintwardine is very rich from 

 an antiquarian point of view. My host wrote to me : — 

 "Within less than a lO-mile radius we have Brandon 

 " Camp, the Watling Street, the British Camp on Coxhill 

 " Knoll, Caer Caradoc, Hoj^ton Castle, Warfield Bank, 

 " Norton Camp, Stokesay Castle, etc." And Offa's dyke is 

 at no great distance. 



Of these interesting places we chose Caer Caradoc for 

 the next day's excursion. It is said to be the camp where 

 Caractacus made his last stand against the Romans. To 

 reach the camp we proceeded up a river-valley, where is a 

 place called Redlake. Legend savs that the origin of the 

 name is connected with the slaughter of the British in 

 this last stand : the stream became a lake of blood in 

 consequence. But a more prosaic interpretation may be 

 suggested: in Welsh Rliydd is a ford, llaca is mud, or 



