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Anglo-Saxon History As Illustrated By Topographical Nomenclature.
ANGLO-SAXON HISTORY AS ILLUSTRATED BY TOPOGRAPHICAL NOMENCLATURE .
[ Continued from p . 102 . ] In resuming this subject , I will now proceed to point out some of the leading results alreadv alluded to : — First—The local names in England are of Germanic—that is to say , of English , or so-called Anglo-Saxon origin , except so far as they may be interfered with by Danish names ; and when they approach the Celtic borders they are of course limited by the Celtic names . Second—These names only exceptionally include Iberian , as in the case of some few of the rivers .
BY HYDE CLARKE , n . C . L
Third—These names include either in whole or in part as prefixes or terminations , very few ancient or modern Celtic , Belgian or Latin roots ; except that the names of some rivers are Celtic , of some fe \ v towns Celtic , and of some few Latin . Fourth—A portion of the names hitherto admitted to be of Celtic or pre-English form , such as Winchester and Colchester , are assumed so to be on erroneous grounds , and are of English origin .
Fifth—The attempts to explain the etymologies of English places by Celtic or Latin roots , are altogether erroneous , and must be resisted by the historian . Sixth—The names are in the main part of ancient origin , assigned by the first English settlers who got possession in the same way as is now done by Englishmen in America , Australia , or South Africa . Seventh—The names of habitations show a wide distribution of the English race over the country at such period of occupation , the distribution being nearly as wide as now , for though single homesteads
have grown to be hamlets , villages or towns , and the total population has increased , yet the distribution has , generally speaking , not been disturbed , and the process which has gone on in New England since its colonization , went on in Old England . Eighth—No body of Eoman population could have existed among the English at the period of nomenclature , or , as here stated of settlement , because- 'the names of the Eoman settlements were not preserved , and evenlarge Roman towns received the homestead name of a single English settler ; and the whole evidence goes to show that the Eoman establishments thoiigh then recognizable must have been
abandoned , or in rums . Ninth—The assumption of the leading historical sect that the English , Saxon , or Germanic settlement took place during the Horn an empire in Britain , is a fallacy , and that facts are against it .
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Anglo-Saxon History As Illustrated By Topographical Nomenclature.
ANGLO-SAXON HISTORY AS ILLUSTRATED BY TOPOGRAPHICAL NOMENCLATURE .
[ Continued from p . 102 . ] In resuming this subject , I will now proceed to point out some of the leading results alreadv alluded to : — First—The local names in England are of Germanic—that is to say , of English , or so-called Anglo-Saxon origin , except so far as they may be interfered with by Danish names ; and when they approach the Celtic borders they are of course limited by the Celtic names . Second—These names only exceptionally include Iberian , as in the case of some few of the rivers .
BY HYDE CLARKE , n . C . L
Third—These names include either in whole or in part as prefixes or terminations , very few ancient or modern Celtic , Belgian or Latin roots ; except that the names of some rivers are Celtic , of some fe \ v towns Celtic , and of some few Latin . Fourth—A portion of the names hitherto admitted to be of Celtic or pre-English form , such as Winchester and Colchester , are assumed so to be on erroneous grounds , and are of English origin .
Fifth—The attempts to explain the etymologies of English places by Celtic or Latin roots , are altogether erroneous , and must be resisted by the historian . Sixth—The names are in the main part of ancient origin , assigned by the first English settlers who got possession in the same way as is now done by Englishmen in America , Australia , or South Africa . Seventh—The names of habitations show a wide distribution of the English race over the country at such period of occupation , the distribution being nearly as wide as now , for though single homesteads
have grown to be hamlets , villages or towns , and the total population has increased , yet the distribution has , generally speaking , not been disturbed , and the process which has gone on in New England since its colonization , went on in Old England . Eighth—No body of Eoman population could have existed among the English at the period of nomenclature , or , as here stated of settlement , because- 'the names of the Eoman settlements were not preserved , and evenlarge Roman towns received the homestead name of a single English settler ; and the whole evidence goes to show that the Eoman establishments thoiigh then recognizable must have been
abandoned , or in rums . Ninth—The assumption of the leading historical sect that the English , Saxon , or Germanic settlement took place during the Horn an empire in Britain , is a fallacy , and that facts are against it .