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an inquiry is originated wbicli may have for them 

 a deep and pecuHar interest. 



Here also, as in a previous chapter, an alpha- 

 betical arrangement is adopted as a convenience 

 to the reader and student. Names will be given 

 without comment : — 



Acton (Oak-town), Almond, Almond Grlen, 

 Amand (Saint) — French for Almond — ^ Am- 

 herst (Amhurst), Anholt {holt, from the Saxon 

 holt, and the German holz, meaning a wood or 

 woodland), Apple, Appleby, Applecross, Apple- 

 dore (Appledoree), Applegarth, Applethwaite (a 

 ' thwaite ' is, according to Webster, ' a plain 

 parcel of ground, cleared of wood and stumps, 

 enclosed and converted to tillage ')j Appleton 

 (Apple-town), Appling, Arbois, Arborfield, Ash, 

 Ashampstead (field or place of Ashes), Ash-Bock- 

 ing, Ashbbrne, Ashbourne, Ashbrittle, Ashburn- 

 ham, Ash burton, Ashbury (Ashborough), Ashby, 

 Ashchurch, Ashcombe, Ashc.ott, Ashdon ('don,' 

 from the Celtic dun, a hill-fort), Ashe, Ashen, 

 Ashenden, Asheville, Ashfield, Ashford, Ashill, 

 Ashingdon (' ing ' in Saxon means a meadow 

 or pasture), Ashington, Ashley (' ley ' in Anglo- 



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