[ANSTHRLD] Fwd: Name research question
Scott Carledge
scat at cfl.rr.com
Thu May 31 17:29:37 PDT 2012
Sheepford can only be a place-name if both "sheep" and "ford" are
documented.
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[mailto:heralds-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of Tim McDaniel
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Subject: Re: [ANSTHRLD] Fwd: Name research question
On Wed, 23 May 2012, Scott Carledge <scat at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> tmcd at panix.com:
> > The patterns may be more subtle than you realize. Knowing Oxford
> > and Swinford, you can infer a pattern of "large domesticated animal
> > + ford". There's Hartford too, so it's probably that "large
> > four-legged animal + ford" is the real pattern.
>
> Nor would it support Sheepford
Why not? (q.v.)
> --Shepford, maybe. We need to be able to document the actual spelling
> used in period.
Or we have to construct a name that is plausible according to period
patterns. From the above, "Sheepford" looks reasonable to me.
Is there a problem with it?
http://www.britainexpress.com/counties/bedfordshire/az/shefford.htm
says that Shefford in Bedfordshire was originally Sheepford, but, you know,
not an onomastics page.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkland_Canal says that the construction
started at Sheepford, which appears to be the modern name.
Daniel de Lincolnia
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Tim McDaniel, tmcd at panix.com
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