INTKODUCTION. XI 



Of Celtic origin, i.e. of Cymric 20 



and Graelic 15=35, which occur 118 times. 



Of Latin and Nor. Fr., together 50, ,, 224 „ 



Of Teutonic, i.e. of A.-S., Ger., 



Fris., Dut. and Flem 217, „ 872 „ 



Of Scandinavian, i.e. o£ Icel., 

 l^orw. and Dan. ; Swedo- 

 and Moeso-Grothic, i.e. of 



Norse 44 



of Danish 21:=65, ,, 364 ,, 



Of Modern English, mostly pro- 

 per names, about 55, 



422 1578 



It must be noted that certain words, as ^Bink ' and 'Farm,' 

 are in the enumeration counted only as units, the map not 

 allowing an estimation of their number, which must be very 

 great. The words 'Grain' and ' Sike' must also occur more 

 frequently than the map indicates. 



The numbers of the other names are, it is believed, 

 correctly recorded. 



The above tabular statement shows that the number of 

 names of Teutonic origin considerably exceeds that of all 

 the others put together. These names are found to be more 

 than 3|- times the number of the Scandinavian, more than 6 

 times that of the Celtic, and 4:^ times that of the Latin and 

 Norman-French . 



In the Celtic category two branches of this ancient tongue 

 are represented, the Welsh names exceeding in number the 

 Gaelic by 20 to 15. Two Celtic waves of population have 

 therefore dwelt in this beautiful Tees valley in succession, 

 the Cymry to the Gael, the names of the former, being the 

 more recent, have been better preserved than those of the 

 latter branch. 



In the Latin and Norman-French category, numbering 50 

 names, we find scarcely a trace as it were of the Roman 



