Amesbury along with Stonehenge in Wiltshire is claimed to be Britain’s oldest settlement, dating back to 8820 BC according to a project led by the University of Buckingham.

Newport is one of the most common names found in Britain with at least 10 decent-sized towns sharing this name.

A “-wich town” is a settlement in Anglo-Saxon England characterised by extensive artisanal activity and trade – an “emporium”. The name is derived from the Anglo-Saxon suffix -wīc, signifying “a dwelling or fortified place”.

Scratchy Bottom (or Scratchy’s Bottom) is a clifftop valley between Durdle Door and Bat’s Head in Dorset, England. A dry valley in the chalk, it is surrounded by farmland at its sides and landward end, with cliffs at the seaward end. Scratchy Bottom has been noted for its unusual place name.

Colchester
Colchester – Why Britain’s First City? In AD49 Colchester was the first place in Britain to be given the status of a Roman Colonia. A Colonia was a planned settlement for retired veteran soldiers who became citizens of Rome upon discharge, with all the privileges that Roman citizenship afforded.

: End is a common English placename and was given to places that were at the end of the road/track. Over time development has overtaken these places and they are now often found in the middle of cities – Crouch End in London for example.

Salt Town is a salt mining colony and trading hub in Fallout: The Frontier. It is located on the far north west end of the map.

Ipswich is a large town and a non-metropolitan district. It is the county town of Suffolk, England. Ipswich is located on the estuary of the River Orwell. The modern name is derived from the medieval name ‘Gippeswic’, probably taken either from an Old Saxon personal name or from an earlier name of the Orwell estuary.

Here are some places in the UK that end in “toft”. Towns Lowestoft Villages and Parishes Altofts Fishtoft Huttoft Knaptoft Langtoft (Lincolnshire) Langtoft (East Riding of Yorkshire) Scraptoft Sibbertof Stowlangtoft Toft (Lincolnshire) Toft (Cheshire) Toft (Cambridgeshire) Wibtoft Yelvertoft Hamlets Toft (Warwickshire) Districts Burmantoft

Placenames ending in -toft are usually of Old Norse derivation, topt meaning “site of a house”. Examples are Langtoft, Habertoft, Huttoft, Knaptoft, Lowestoft, Newtoft, Scraptoft, Sibbertoft, Stowlangtoft, Wibtoft, Yelvertoft and various places simply called Toft in the former Danelaw.

A number of Danish settlement names end in the word ‑ toft, e.g. names such as Ebeltoft and Gentofte. The ending appears either in the singular ‑ toft or in the plural ‑ tofte; however, in Jutland dialects today, the plural and the singular both have the form ‑ toft.

The ending appears either in the singular ‑ toft or in the plural ‑ tofte; however, in Jutland dialects today, the plural and the singular both have the form ‑ toft.