L'origine dei nomi dei distretti e boroughs di Londra (2)

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L'origine dei nomi dei distretti e boroughs di Londra (2)

L'origine dei nomi dei distretti e boroughs di Londra (2° parte)

D
Dagenham	B	Daecca’s homestead	690
Dalston	D	Deorlaf’s farm	1294
Debden	D	deep valley	1086
Deptford	D	deep ford	1293
Dulwich	D	marshy meadow where dill grows	967
E
Ealing	B	Gilla’s people	698
Edgware	D	Ecgi’s fishing enclosure	975
Edmonton	D	Eadhelm’s farm	1086
Elmstead	D	place by the elm trees	1320
Eltham	D	homestead frequented by swans	1086
Enfield	B	Eana’s open land	1086
Epping	D	lookout place	1086
Erith	D	muddy landing place	1086
F
Feltham	D	homestead where mullein grows	969
Finchley	D	clearing where finches are	1208
Finsbury	D	Finn’s manor	1235
Fulham	B	Fulla’s riverside land	705
G
Goddington	D	Goda’s estate	1240
Golders Green	D	Golder’s green	1612
Goodmayes	D	named after Goodmay family	1456
Greenford	D	green river crossing	845
Greenwich	B	green (grassy) port	964
Gunnersbury	D	Gunnhildr’s manor house	1334
H
Hackney	B	Haca’s island	1198
Haggerston	D	Haergod’s boundary stone	1086
Hammersmith	B	place with a hammer smithy (forge)	1294
Hampstead	D	homestead	959
Hampton	D	farm in a river bend	1086
Hanwell	D	spring where cocks are	959
Hanworth	D	Hana’s enclosure	1086
Harefield	D	open land used by army	1206
Haringey	B	enclosure in the grey wood	1201
Harlesden	D	Heoruwulf’s farm	1086
Harlington	D	Hygered’s estate	831
Harmondsworth	D	Heremod’s enclosure	1086
Harold Wood	D	(King) Harold’s wood	1237
Harrow	B	heathen temple	825
Hatch End	D	district by the gate	1448
Havering	B	Haefer’s people	1086
Hayes	D	overgrown with brushwood	831
Heathrow	D	row of houses by a heath	1410
Hendon	D	high hill	975
Heston	D	farm among the brushwood	1125
Highbury	D	high fort	c1000
Highgate	D	high (toll) gate	1354
Hillingdon	B	Hilda’s hill	1080
Holborn	D	hollow stream	1086
Holloway	D	hollow road	1307
Homerton	D	Hunburh’s farm	1343
Hornchurch	D	church with horns	1233
Hornsey	D	enclosure in the grey wood	1201
Hounslow	B	Hund’s mound	1086
Hoxton	D	Hoc’s farm	1086
I
Ickenham	D	Ticca’s homestead	1086
Ilford	D	ford over the river Hyle	1086
Isle of Dogs	D	marshy area frequented by stray dogs	1593
Isleworth	D	Gislhere’s enclosure	1086
Islington	B	Gisla’s hill	c1000