Clues from Names of Places
Remember that;
Prefix means at the start of a word and
Suffix means at the end of a word.
| broad | from the word bred meaning wide |
| brook | from the word broka meaning stream or marsh |
| borough or burgh | from the word burh meaning fortress |
| bury | from the word meaning fortress |
| den | meaning a large clearing in the forest or swine pasture |
| ew | A prefix meaning yew tree |
| ey | A suffix from le meaning island |
| field | A suffix meaning clearing in the forest |
| ham | A suffix meaning enclosure |
| heath | From the word ethe meaning a patch of heath in the forest |
| herst or hurst | A suffix meaning thick wood |
| ing | meaning of |
| ley or leigh | A suffix meaning a clearing in the forest |
| sale | A suffix meaning willow tree |
| tice | A prefix the word for kids (goats) |
| ton or town | A suffix meaning homestead |
| walda | the name for woody ground |
| ye | A suffix meaning island |
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