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All Cannings
Cannings, All & Cannings, Bishops Wilts. Caninge 1086 (DB), Aldekanning 1205, Bisshopescanyngges 1314. ‘(Settlement of) the family or followers of a man called Cana’. OE pers. name + -ingas. Affixes are OE eald ‘old’ and biscop ‘bishop’ (referring to... Read more |
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wilting
wilting The condition that arises in plants when more water is lost by evaporation than is absorbed from the soil. This causes the cells to lose their turgor and the plant structure droops. Plants can normally recover from wilting if water is added to the soil, but permanent wilting and possible... Read more |
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Cliff
Cliff, Cliffe, Clyffe, ‘(place at) the cliff or bank’, OE clif; examples include: Cliff Warwicks. Cliva 1166. Cliffe Medway. Cliua 10th cent., Clive 1086 (DB). Cliffe N. Yorks. Clive 1086 (DB). Cliffe, King's Northants. Clive 1086 (DB), Kyngesclive 1305. A royal manor in 1086. Cliffe,... Read more |
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Grafton
Grafton, a common name, usually ‘farmstead in or by a grove’, OE grāf + tūn; examples include: Grafton Herefs., near Hereford. Crafton 1303. Grafton N. Yorks. Graftune 1086 (DB). Grafton Oxon. Graptone [sic] 1086 (DB), Graftona 1130. Grafton, East & Grafton, West... Read more |
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Combe
Combe, Coombe, ‘the valley’, from OE cumb, a common place-name, especially in the South West; examples include: Combe Oxon. Cumbe 1086 (DB). Combe, Abbas Somerset. Cumbe 1086 (DB), Coumbe Abbatisse 1327. Manorial addition from Latin abbatisse ‘of the abbess’, alluding to... Read more |
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John Webb
Webb, John (1611–72). English architect. A pupil and relative (by marriage) of Inigo Jones, he assisted the latter when working on St Paul's Cathedral, London, in the 1630s. He made many drawings for the unrealized Whitehall Palace, and rebuilt (1648–50) the interior (notably the... Read more |
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Wiltshire
Wiltshire or Wilts, county (1991 pop. 553,300), 1,345 sq mi (3,484 sq km), S central England. The county seat is Salisbury . More than half of Wiltshire is occupied by the chalky Salisbury Plain and by the Marlborough Downs. Primarily an agricultural county, Wiltshire affords large areas for... Read more |
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Horseradish
horse-radish perennial herb ( Armoracia rusticana, but sometimes classified in other genera) of the family Cruciferae ( mustard family), native to central and S Europe (where it has long been cultivated in gardens) and naturalized in many parts of North America. It is grown mainly for its roots,... Read more |
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