L'origine dei nomi dei distretti e boroughs di Londra

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Cinzia Di Gennaro

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L'origine dei nomi dei distretti e boroughs di Londra

L'origine dei nomi dei distretti e boroughs di Londra (1° parte)

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Distretto
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Quartiere
Significato Originale

Registrato inizialmente

A
Acton	D	oak farm	1181
Addington	D	Eadda’s estate	1086
Addiscombe	D	Aeddi’s enclosed land	1229
Alperton	D	Ealhbeorht’s estate	1199
Arkley	D	Arkeley’s land	1547
B
Balham	D	rounded enclosure	957
Barking	B	place of Berica’s people	731
Barnes	D	place by the barn	1086
Barnet	B	land cleared by burning	1070
Barnsbury	D	de Berners’ manor	1406
Battersea	D	Beaduric’s island	1086
Bayswater	D	Bayard’s water	1380
Becontree	D	Beohha’s tree	1086
Beckenham	D	Beohha’s enclosure	973
Beddington	D	Beadda’s estate	908
Bedfont	D	spring with drinking vessel	1086
Bellingham	D	Bera’s enclosure	998
Belmont	D	beautiful hill	1212
Bermondsey	D	Beornmund’s island	712
Bethnal Green	D	Blitha’s green	1443
Bexleyheath	D	heath by a box wood	774
Biggin Hill	D	hill near a building	1499
Blackheath	D	dark field	1166
Bloomsbury	D	de Blemund’s manor	1291
Brent	B	Celtic river name
Brentford	D	ford over the river Brent	705
Brixton	D	Beorhtsige’s stone	1086
Brockley	D	badgers clearing	1182
Bromley	B	clearing where broom grows	862
Brondesbury	D	Brand’s manor	1254
C
Camberwell	D	place by the well	1086
Camden	B	named after Charles Pratt Camden	18th C
Canonbury	D	manor of the canons	1373
Carshalton	D	farm by the spring where cress grows	1086
Catford	D	ford with wild cats	1254
Chalk Farm	D	cold cottages	1253
Charring Cross	D	bend with a cross	1360
Cheam	D	homestead by the tree stumps	967
Chelsea	B	landing place for chalk	789
Chessington	D	Cissa’s hill	1086
Chingford	D	shingle ford	1086
Chislehurst	D	gravely wooded hill	973
Chiswick	D	cheese farm	c1000
Clapham	D	homestead by the hillock	880
Clerkenwell	D	well where students come	1150
Cockfosters	D	estate of the chief forester	1524
Coulsdon	D	Cuthraed’s hill	967
Cowley	D	Cofa’s clearing	959
Cranham	D	land frequented by crows	1201
Crayford	D	ford over the river Cray	1199
Cricklewood	D	curved wood	1294
Crofton	D	farm near a hill	c900
Croydon	B	valley of wild saffron	809
Crystal Palace	D	named after a glass structure in Hyde Park	1851
Cudham	D	Cuda’s homestead	1086