The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-10-18
SOME ENGLISH pLAcE-nAmEs.


The methods Of the present day tourist
and the maps that satisfy his needs are
arswerable for the eglecr of a good
many points OF interest which happen 10
lie away from railways and main roads
Among these may oe reek0nSl Z grec-
number Of place-nalnes N cut Of the way
j regions. interesting from their bearing
on local history ana character. sometimes
picturesque. soTnstirosss quaint and hg-
mcrous. sonetimcs-for those VINO Ike
u puzzle over dersvations-a veritable
treasure trove. Maps texcept. perhaps.
the large scale ordnance) take llct.e no.
tlce OF the greater Fart o. these names.
which are, even az the present. more OrcI
than literary. my one who explores an
J English county thoroughly by bywars ard
crossroads IN touch with the people ard
! the life OF the fields. VIII fad The no
HsenClature OF farms and cottages and CT
these vague areas indicated BY such
words as street without = house n it,.
'corEer' or END. curious subject,
with side lights both instructive and en-
tertaining.
These who have sourreved from London
to Brighton b. road VII probably have
noticed. with Al amused corjacture, the
hsmlet~of Peass Pottage that les q little
south Of Crawiev. il Is q sample OF a
great class Of names in which Sussex IN
particular ainong the southern countries
/ Is rich. within q Few mixes wandsrin 3
from the main road At this point .ha
traveller WI find such singular titles -
Catstsils. Bedism street. SmCck alley and
&c InCabOut: and If their ocdness should
rouse his curiosity. nc viii find plenty Of
material either for serious derivation or
for lnerest puzzleCom of suesswork. TO
| begin with, there is a large number OF
names which show traces Of local history.
either on the surface or under a lisht
veil Of dialect or the corTupticus OF time.
"Fryern" IS unmistakable evidence OF a
monastic foundation. \ little consider
alton viii show that Monkey lane points
t. the same conclusion and has nothing
to do w!th .our arboreal ancestors. -
Priest hawes and Bedelands are sufficient
Indication OF church ownership, probably
o. a chantry. Bridgelaud was. no doubt.
a rlessuage charged with the upkeep and
repairs Of neighborinC bridges; Pest house
gees back to Isolation in far-OG cpl
denies perhaps to the black death it
self: Tithebarn and Old Workhouse re-
call vanished methods of ecclesiastical
and par0chial government.
The frequent occurrence Of such names
as lanyard. Forge Fuliing Mil. In out of
the way places. where the trades them
selves have long since disappeared. shows
how "cecentraIized" life was two or
three centuries ago when even the little
villages by no means absorbed the arts
! and crafts Of the time. IN the Weald Of
Sussex and Kent whole family Of names
remains 10 mark the great iron working
Industry which reigned there before coal
replaced wood for smelling the metal;
such are Cinderbanks. Furnace Ifrl and
the nunlberless Hammers ttie stamps
that crushed the ore.) Another type OF
name relates. 10 the law; here we find a
sixteenth century mansion. sunk 10 the
uses of a farlustead. with something Of
its story n its name Jointure; Copy
hold, Peculiars and Possession House arc
or the same order; Towndeld is. of course.
ager publicus, and the very comman name
Scotland denotes the fields that paid the
scot" which survives in our phrases
scot free" and scot and lot Mere
Identification by some natural peculiar
ity is responsible for a host of immemo-
rial titles: Kixes. Nettlebed and Burdocks
sell of the weeds some early farmer
wrestled with: Camomile cross. Iron Pear
Tree and Green Trees are instances Of
the class: the last a little indefinite. one
would think. IN county that Is stin the
most thickly wooded in the kingdom.
Whiterails and High Chimneys rather
suggest 4 lack of imagination in the name
Eiyer; Burnt House remains in almost
every parish as reminder of the fires
that were so frequent when thstched roofs
we're cOmCOner. Perhaps the largest
source Of names IS the cognomeu Of the
builder or $50 shortliyed is 1sme) Of some
later owner. Hence come the countless
apparent plurals. in reality possessive
cases-the BacAshaIls. Tomsetts, BROKERS
OF the great South Saxon septs, and 9TH
ers quaint enough. some Of thesel the
Chats, Scarps. Froyles, Dapps. Maliions.
whose descendants seem TO have vanish
e. from the soil
The rustic sense of humor. and in par
ticuar a sarcastic attitude toward any
thing a little outre IN ones nsighbors
has produced a large crop OF jeering nick
names which have stuck and viii stick
longer than many more solemn appel
lation. Foremost among these comes
The Folly" which is 20 be found in
every parish. generally with the perpe-
traitors name tackled TO II for the humor-
Gus obloQuy Of the ages Beard s Folly"
"Nye's Folly" just because the one in
dulged IN a pissty Of pretensions dispro-
portionate 10 his dwelling, and the other
thought il good to sdOrn his gable-euds
with stucco Oscillations and pinnacles.
Sundry Castles deride here and there
a too ambitious architecture IN cow
house or stables; Noahs Ark SEXES an
obvious resemblance; Little London pokes
fun at a hamlet OF four or five cottages;
Worlds End suggests 4 solitude too
surely a parody on the Mount Plsasants
Of An earlier period. When ali such
sources as these are explored. there IS
q great remainder OF names whose quaint
ross seems 10 be beyond a guess A
knowledge % local history uuraveis some
clews. Jacobs Post. for instance. turns
out 10 be the memorial OF 2 Jew who
hung In chains on Ditching Common Tor
the murder Of q whole family in 1lsf
Put what historian can reconsfitute po-
kers HOle2 who wac Hopkins and
what was his Crank who. that knew
rot Homer or %" waz the founder 81
Troy Town. what Is The reference IN
SmokesaclI Form one might spend a
lifetime OYER Notes and Qucrice n d.
ciohcring Barpiths. one O'Clock. Wa
e1d. R,nd'diies. ButterboI or Honey
cf eek. Though we do not frz the
smallest touch Of poetry n the materials
u cur search and rot very much -
svcl picturesGuG1ess as is suggested hF
Reggsrs' Bush Clearwaters. OF Lady
nseads. ard though tho invasion - Proc
rect Cottages and Beiievues gees or
arace. yet these who weary ~ LONDON
tcrminolorv. q Jracs.onroad s-smerai5a-
crescent. or Kha-for77 gardens 81. 8. vs.
rrlav find sons refrfshnerf i1 rarsffe
among the 0lgEe-ra-ucs q the Wesil-
FAN Mali Gazette
Why sesnstresses Don't Marry.
tFroH1 the Louisville Cour'rr-Jo -rnail
The sewing SRI s. oet n the woe ~
contact with zlcn 81 Der work. IS other
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