'scuse me.......isn't MOBILE spelt with an "E" ?? as in telephone.?
Gernot von Hoegen wrote:
>
> 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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