don't want to sound patronizing, but I think you'll find that it originates
from castra, roman for castle.
>===== Original Message From "Ian Viles"
<ianviles@derbysmoths.freeserve.co.uk> =====
>Ron - "cester" originates in the Old English word ceaster - which means
>Roman station or walled town, old fortification or earthwork. Worcester,
>England was called Weogorna Civitas in 691AD and is listed in the Doomsday
>Book as Wirecestre - 'Roman town of the Weogora tribe'.
>From book called English Place Names:
>Attleborough (Norfolk, England). Atleburc 1086 (Doomsday Book). 'Stronghold
>of a man called Etla - an Old English pers. name plus 'burh' (Old English;
>fortified place)
>Attleborough (Warwickshire, England). Atteleberga 12th Century. 'Hill or
>mound of a man named Etla' - Old English pers. name plus beorg (Old English;
>hill, mound or tumulus)
>Regards,
>Ian Viles (Derbyshire, UK)
............Gernot von Hoegen................
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