SKS on another list sent this in... A Key to English Place-Names is a database maintained at the Institute for Name-Studies, School of English, The University of Nottingham. It is intended to provide an up-to-date guide to the interpretation of the names of England's cities, towns and villages, drawing on the work of the English Place-Name Society (itself housed within the institute) and other researchers. http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/ins/epncurrent/php/results_county.php?,SOM Cheers, Edna - Ottawa