Does anyone know the origin of the "-ley" suffix for place names?pic.twitter.com/lDdt9QPl2v
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Does anyone know the origin of the "-ley" suffix for place names?pic.twitter.com/lDdt9QPl2v
Does the big gap (yellow area) in -ley place names coincide with Lincolnshire?
Let me be more specific. I know the meaning of the suffix. I'm just trying to work out why it has the specific geographic spread it does.
Stuart Retweeted David Woodford FRAS ✨ ✨ ✨Bluedot 2019
So this suggestion is the sort of thing I was wondering:https://twitter.com/makapala/status/851816031282765824 …
Stuart added,
Here is "-ley" in higher resolution and compared to the geographic spread of Viking suffixes.pic.twitter.com/Mg8Eqsy581
And, for comparison, a map of 802 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Saxons#/media/File:Britain_802.jpg …pic.twitter.com/Lwm0b9wt1O
And here is 878 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danelaw#/media/File:England_878.svg …pic.twitter.com/1ieNb0aFB1
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