The derivations of London boroughs’ names in spite of the march of its history. Ekaterina Kotova 7 “A” form School № 10
The aim of the project is to study the London boroughs’ names, their origins and the facts of history dealing with the boroughs derivations, to classify boroughs’ names according their derivations.
A letter from London Dear Katya Please find attached link it should hopefully answer your questions. Best Regards Kathy Smith Merton Local Studies Centre, Libraries & Community Learning, Community & Housing Dept. London Borough of Merton. Tel: Fax: Open: Mon - Fri Weds Sat
A letter from London Dear Katya There are 33 London Boroughs BrentBrent, Barnet, Camden, Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea, Hammersmith & Fulham, Ealing,BarnetCamdenWestminsterKensington & Chelsea Hammersmith & FulhamEaling HarrowHarrow, Barking & Dagenham, Bexley, Bromley, City of London, Croydon, Enfield, Greenwich,Barking & DagenhamBexleyBromleyCity of London CroydonEnfieldGreenwich HackneyHackney, Haringey, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Islington, Kingston upon Thames, Lambeth,HaringeyHaveringHillingdonHounslowIslington Kingston upon ThamesLambeth LewishamLewisham, Merton, Newham, Redbridge, Richmond upon Thames, Southwark, Sutton, Tower Hamlets,MertonNewhamRedbridgeRichmond upon Thames SouthwarkSuttonTower Hamlets Waltham ForestWaltham Forest, WandsworthWandsworth It is worth inputting "place names of Surrey" and "place names of Middlesex" into Google and having a look at what comes up as most of the London Boroughs were once part of Surrey or Middlesex. (Possibly a few were part of Kent also.) Good luck with the project Yours sincerely, Lucy Tann
LONDON consists of 33 boroughs
Havering Barking Dagenham Haringey Enfield Kensington Fulham Wandsworth Islington Camden Ealing Hounslow Lewishem
- tun, -don(e), -ham
Lewisham Old English Leofsa- (personal name) -ham (in Modern English – home)
City of London Tower Hamlets Hackney Merton Hillingdon Croydon Kensington Sutton Bromley Greenwich Bexley Barnet Chelsea
Hillingdon Hillen Old English – a place (hill) + ( genitive -n ). done Old English – done; Modern English – town. Hillendone (old English)
crocus -don (in Modern English – town)
Southwark Richmond Waltham Forest Redbridge Harrow Westminster
redbridge
Redbridge red bridge (a brick bridge over the River Roding).
Kingston Newham
kingston
Kingston Kings (In Modern English –king) -ton (in Modern English – town, farmstead)
Lambeth Hammersmith
Hammer- (from Old English – hamor) -smith (from old English – smiththy)
The name of the goddess Brentford 3% of all boroughs
Brentford Brent- (the name of the goddess: Brigantia) -ford (in Modern English - ford)