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Acrylic-bob · 07-03-2005, 08:37

Given that the whole of the Ribble Valley and Calder Valley were covered in northern deciduous woodland it might be expected that oak trees were not exactly in such short supply that places where they grew would need to be recorded by a specific place name. The use of the latin dipthong "AE" is not known in the Celtic, Saxon or later Anglo-Saxon English language prior to the Norman Conquest. In any case it is properly pronounced "eye" as in Kaiser, which together with Tsar are local corruptions of the Roman clan name Caesar which later develops into the generic term for the Emperors of Rome. It is also important to bear in mind that when dealing with a language which was seldom written, the sound of a word is more important than how it is spelt or mis-spelt.

The Saxon element TUN or TON describes a place of human settlement, not a general area of woodland. Following this logic is it reasonable to assume that the first parts of the word Accrington describe the owner or settler. This is even more pertinent when you consider the location, which is amply supplied with fresh running water.

If you are still not convinced look carefully at the the way the word develops from your first example to your last and imagine a similar process working in the opposite direction, 1194 back to 700 rather than 1194 to 1311.

07-03-2005, 08:37	#18
Acrylic-bob God Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tragic Conn Posts: 4,007 Blog Entries: 15 Liked: 3 times Rep Power: 2473	Re: Oldest Part Of Accrington! Given that the whole of the Ribble Valley and Calder Valley were covered in northern deciduous woodland it might be expected that oak trees were not exactly in such short supply that places where they grew would need to be recorded by a specific place name. The use of the latin dipthong "AE" is not known in the Celtic, Saxon or later Anglo-Saxon English language prior to the Norman Conquest. In any case it is properly pronounced "eye" as in Kaiser, which together with Tsar are local corruptions of the Roman clan name Caesar which later develops into the generic term for the Emperors of Rome. It is also important to bear in mind that when dealing with a language which was seldom written, the sound of a word is more important than how it is spelt or mis-spelt. The Saxon element TUN or TON describes a place of human settlement, not a general area of woodland. Following this logic is it reasonable to assume that the first parts of the word Accrington describe the owner or settler. This is even more pertinent when you consider the location, which is amply supplied with fresh running water. If you are still not convinced look carefully at the the way the word develops from your first example to your last and imagine a similar process working in the opposite direction, 1194 back to 700 rather than 1194 to 1311. __________________ Enough is ENOUGH Get Britain out of Europe Last edited by Acrylic-bob; 07-03-2005 at 12:58.