10 Places In England

1. Week (Devon)
2. Lordsbury (Surrey)
3. Sunbury (on Thames)
4. Malmesbury
5. Tewkesbury
6. Wednesbury
7. Thornbury
8. Finsbury (Park)
9. Salisbury
10. Bury

More Definite Article Placenames

England - there are hundreds of these, surprisingly. See here.

 

1. The Arms (Norfolk)

2. The Barony (Cheshire and OY Gurnosrkney)

3. The Bog (Shropshire)

4. The Marsh (at least seven in various counties)

5. The Pitts (Wiltshire)

6. The Rocks (Kent and Gloucestershire)

7. The Stoops (Lancashire)

8. The Throat (Berkshire)

9. The Twittocks (Gloucestershire)

10. The Yeld (Shropshire)

Wales - there are over 90 of these. See here. (Also here). Besides Y Bala we have

 

1. Y Barri

2. Y Crwys

3. Y Dref

4. Y Fenni (Abergavenny)

5. Y Gurnos

6. Y Hendy

7. Y Mot

8. Y Rhws

9. Y Waun

10. Yr Wyddgrug (Mold)

10 Place names worldwide that take the definite article

1. Y Bala (the place in Wales that inspired this list)
2. Den Haag or The Hague (Netherlands)
3. Den Bosch (Netherlands)
4. Le Mans (France)
5. Le Havre (France)
6. La Mancha (Spain)
7. Los Angeles (USA)
8. Las Vegas (USA)
9. La Paz (Bolivia)
10. The Pas (Canada)

10 Eponymous UK Places

1 Bury St Edmunds – Edmund the Martyr, King of East Anglia
2 Kingston upon Hull – Edward I of England
3 Milton Keynes – Milton Friedman and John Maynard Keynes
4 Ormskirk – Orme, a Viking chief
5 Peterlee – Peter Lee, a miners' leader
6 Telford – Thomas Telford
7 Wolverhampton – Wulfrun
8 Merthyr Tydfil - Tydfil the martyr
9 St David's - David the patron saint
10 Porth Madog - W A Maddocks
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