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From: Geoffrey Stone UK <>
Subject: Essex names
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 03:02:00 -0400

Jim,

Here is what I believe is more complete list of your ESSEX place names,
much in agreement with the previous posting from John. In the sequence you
listed them:-

WIGGBOROUGH - Great Wigborough & Little W. (near Mersea Island)
TOLSUNT KINGLYS - Toleshunt Knights (as below?) now spelled Tolleshunt
ROWLEDGE - Rowhedge (part of E. Donyland now edge of Colchester)
THORINGTON - Thorington now spelled Thorrington (near Great Bentley)
TORTHAM - Great Totham, Totham Hill, Little T. (between Witham &
Maldon)
TOLLSHUNT KNIGHTS - Tolleshunt Knights (as above) was spelled Toleshunt
E. DONYLAND - East Donyland (near Wivenhoe, Colchester)
BIGGOM - Sounds like Bigham [not in Essex] this one has me beat !!
Try Belchamp which is pronounced Belsham. or Boreham,
Burnham
If we forget the B start then complete errors Dedham or
Rainham
TELEGHAM - Tillingham (6m NE of Burnham on Crouch)
FINGRINGLOE - Fingringhoe (Near E. Donyland & Wivenhoe, Colchester)
WHELY - Weeley (between Colchester & Clacton)
LAICH - Leigh (now Leigh on Sea E. & part of Southend-on-Sea)
BUSBURY - Butsbury (between Ingatestone & Stock now Buttsbury)
not shown on many modern maps, there is still a chapel on
the outskirts of Ingatestone.
WARLY - Warley, Great W. (S. of Brentwood)
THORNTON. Thorndon [Hall] (West Horndon, Ingrave, SE Brentwood)

Sorry if the tabs don't match up - they rarely do completely.

Have another look at Biggom to see if you can read the writing differently
[ignore any printed transcripts]. Using my logic above and staying with a
fishing theme then Burnham must be top of the list. Leigh was famous for
its cockles.

Regards
Geoff
Braintree

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