Litchfield enquirer., 1860-10-18
LITCHFIELD, CONN.,, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1s 1880.

Southington, as if South Pennington.
 South Windsor, in contradistinction from East Windsor
 Sufield, as if South Springfield
 WArERrowN, a town taken off from Wa terbury.
 Westbrook, as if West Saybrook.
 West Hartford.
 Westport, as being west of Bridgeport.
 III. The following town derives its name from the towns of which it is com (posed:-
 HARw1NroN, as being composed of parts of Hartford, Windsor, and Farmng-ton. 1 W. The following towns accord with the names of places in Engand:, Andcver, from Andover in Southampton shire
 Ashford, from Ashford in Kent.
 Avon, from Stratford-upon-Avon the birth place of Shakespeare
 BARKHAMsrED, from Berkhamstead ill Hertfordshire.
 Bolton, from Great Bolton in Lancashire.
 Branford, from Brentford (ford of the river Brent, in Middlescx. BRIDGEwATER, from Bridgcwater in Som ersetshire.
 Bristol, from Bristol or Bristow in the counties of Gloucester, and Somerset.
 Canterbury, from Canterbury, (Anglo- Sax. Cantwarabyrg, town of Kent men, in Kent
 Chatham as if ancthcr Chatham, on ac- count of its ship-buildng.
 Cheshire, from Cheshire, Gas if Chester shire) a county in England.
 Chester, from Chester (fortress) in Chesl.- ire. CoLEBRooN, from Colcbrookdale in Shrop- shire Colchester, from Colchester fortress on l the Coln) in Essex, whence came some of the first settlers CORNWALL, from Cornwall. a county in i England. Coventry from Coventry in Warwickshire. Danbcry, from Danbury Gown of the DaneS) in Essex.
 Derby. from Derby (habitation of wild beasts) in Dcrbyshire. Durham, from Durham (habitaton of wild 1 bcasts) ill the county of Durham. Essex, from Essex East Saxons) a county of Engund Glastonbury, from Glastonbury in Somer- set
 Greenwich, from Greenwich, green viI- lagc) near London.
 Groton. from Groton in Suffolk, the native place of John Winthrop, Governor of Cou- nectcut.
 GuiIforl, from Guilrord in Surry
 Had'am, from Great Hadham, ill Hrrt for,lSlirc.
 Hampton, from Hampton (home town) in Miil,ilcscN
 Hartford, from Hcrteord, Chart ford) in Uertforsl>hire, whence c.,mc some of the first settlers.
 Hart'and from Hartand, (forcst or hard land) in Devonshire
 KENT. from Kent, a county in England klIi'ngwor,h, d corruption of Wentworth, whence some of the first settlers.
 LIrCHF.El.n, from L!tchficl,l, in Stafford shire
 Lyme, from Lyme Regis in DnrsrtShire the native place of Matthew Grswo'd, oiie of the first settlers.
 Manchester, as if another Manchester, (many castle, on account of it's ma.uf,cto- rcS.
 Mansfield, from Mansfield in Nottingham shire
 New London, in reference to London, as having good hsrbor, aud being a it place for trade.
 NORFOLK, from Norfolk (Aorth people) county in Eng and.
 Norwich, from Norwich (north village) in Norfolk.
 Oxford, from Oxford (ox ford) in Oxford shilc.
 PLYMOUTH, from Plymouth (niouth of the river Pym) in Drvunshi:e.
 Pomtrct, from Ponliret or Pot..fract in Yorkshire
 Preston, from Preston, (priest town) in Lancashire
 Stafford, from Stafford, (staff ford) in Staffordshire.
 Stamford, from Stamford (Stonc ford) in Linconshire
 Stratford. from Stratford (strect ford) in Warwickshire.
 Holland, from Holland in Somersctshire.
 WallingforG, from Wallingford in Berk- shire.
 Weston, probably from some place iu Eng land of this name.
 Wilton, from Wilton (town on the Wily) in Wiltshire.
 Windsor, from Windsor in Berkshire.
 Willington, from some place of this name in Eugland.
 WINCHESTER, from Winchester, Anglo Saxon, Wmtancastre, (fortress of Veuta) in Hants.
 Woodstock, from Woodstock (place of woody in Oxfordshire
 Wcthers6eld, from Wethers6eld in Essex See Chaplin's Glastonbury Centennial, p. 26.
 V. The following towns accord with the names of places not in England Berlin, from Berlin in Prussia.
 Canton, from Canton in China.
 Darien, from the Isthmus of Darien.
 Lisbon, from Lisbon in Portugal
 New Britain, in reference to Old Britain.
 Scotland, from Scotland, the north part of Great Britain.
 Vernon, from Mount Vernon in Virginia, the residence of Gen. George Washington.
 VI. The following towns derive their names from the Bible:
 Bethany, (Hebrew, place of dates.)
 Bethal, Hebrew, house of God
 BErHLEM, Hebrew, place of bread.
 Bozrah, (Hebrew, fortified place. CANAAN, (Hebrew, low country.) ea