These pits have now been developed for various recreational and wildlife uses under the management of the Lea Valley Regional Park. In 1974 the two urban districts were combined into the present District Borough of Broxbourne. Page design by Chris Hicks . The study of the origins of place names is a very skilled and inexact process. It is essential that very early spellings are used as names were corrupted over the years.
Modern spellings are normally misleading when looking for the original form of the names.
Most words used to form English place names are Anglo-Saxon. The use of Celtic words increases the further west the place is, probably indicating increased contact between the Anglo-Saxons and the British. The words used in place names are called 'elements' and are grouped into types. Normally the first part of the name. Can be Saxon or Danish.