#47: English Place Names with Viking Origins
England’s landscape bears the indelible marks of Viking presence, not least through the names of places left behind. The end of Viking rule didn’t erase their cultural footprint, with many locations still bearing names that hark back to this era.
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The suffix ‘-by’ in English village names traces back to Old Norse, indicating a village. ‘Grimsby’ hints at a village founded by a Viking named Grim, while ‘Kirksby’ signals a village with a church, ‘kirk’ being the Norse word for church.