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Foulness

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Foulness, England/UK Fughelnesse An island with a name meaning ‘Promontory frequented by Birds’ from the Old English fugol ‘bird’ and næss ‘promontory’. The use of the word ‘promontory’ indicates that Foulness was at one time joined to the mainland and was not an island.

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Foulness

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Foulness Essex. Fughelnesse 1215. ‘Promontory frequented by birds’. OE fugol + næss.

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	Foulness in the air.(A)(Column) Magazine article from: Workforce Management; 1/1/2010
	Just an hour by train from London, I find a world of splendid isolation.(Column) Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England); 7/7/2005
	TRAPPED ON THE ISLAND OF DEATH. Newspaper article from: Daily Mail (London); 3/24/2001