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Royal Leamington Spa

Leamington Spa

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Leamington Spa, England/UK Lamintone The formal name is Royal Leamington Spa. Leamington means ‘Farm on the (River) Leam’ from tūn; Leam is a Celtic river name meaning ‘elm river’ or ‘marshy river’. Spa refers to the medicinal springs here and it was to these that Princess (later Queen) Victoria† came in 1830, granting the title of ‘Royal’ in 1838, the year of her coronation. The town developed from the village of Leamington Priors with the discovery of saline springs.
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Leamington

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Leamington, ‘farmstead on the River Leam’, Celtic river-name (meaning ‘elm river’, or ‘marshy river’) + OE tūn: Leamington Hastings Warwicks. Lunnitone 1086 (DB), Lemyngton Hasting 1285. Manorial affix from the Hastinges family, here in the 13th cent. Royal Leamington Spa Warwicks. Lamintone 1086 (DB). The affix was granted by Queen Victoria in 1838, Spa referring to the medicinal springs here.
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Royal Leamington Spa

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Royal Leamington Spa , town (1991 pop. 42,953), Warwickshire, central England, on the Leam River, a tributary of the Avon. The town, with its mineral springs, is primarily a health resort largely of 19th-century growth.

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Leamington , town (1991 pop. 14,182), S Ont., Canada, on Lake Erie. In a market-gardening area, it has large canneries. It is the gateway to Point Pelée National Park.

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Leamington England: see Royal Leamington Spa .

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Royal Leamington Spa

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Royal Leamington Spa Warwicks., see Leamington.
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