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[435] Morris-Jones, Sir J., _Taliesin_, p. 32.

[436] Guest, Dr., _Origines Celticae_, ii., 218-27.

[437] Fraser, J. B., _Persia_.

[438] There is an Uffington in Lincoln on the river Welland.

[439] _Holy Wells_, p. 102.

[440] Allcroft, A. Hadrian, _Earthwork of England_, p. 136.

[441] P. 16.

[442] Carey, Miss E. F., _Folklore_, xxv., No. 4, p. 417.

[443] Mitton, C. F., _Kensington_, p. 58.

[444] _Iliad_, XX., 246, 262.

[445] The first lessee of the Manor at Kensington, now known as Holland Park, was a certain Robert Horseman. Holland House being built in a swamp, or _holland_, may owe its t.i.tle to that fact or to its having been erected by a Dutchman. The Bog of _Allen_ in Ireland is authoritatively equated with _holland_.

[446] This information was given me verbally by Miss Mary George of Sennen Cove.

[447] Zennor is understood to have meant _Holy Land_.

[448] _Proc. of Roy. Ir. Acad._, x.x.xiv., C., 10-11, p. 376.

[449] Fraser, J.B., _Persia_, p. 132.

[450] According to Johnston, Felixstowe was the church of St. Felix of Walton, sometimes said to be _stow_ of Felix, first bishop of East Anglia. "But this does not agree with the form in 1318 Filthstowe which might be 'filth place,' place full of dirt or foulness. This is not likely" (p. 259).

[451] _Cf._ _Holy Wells._

[452] The numerous British Cranbrooks and Cranbournes are a.s.sumed to have been the haunts of cranes.

[453] Allcroft, A. Hadrian, _Earthwork of England_, p. 462.

[454] Johnson, W., _Folk Memory_, p. 321.

[455] Domesday Branchtrea, later Branktry. "This must be 'tree of _Branc_,' the same name as in Branksome (Bournemouth), Branxton (Coldstream), and Branxholm (Hawick)."--Johnston, J.

B., _Place-names of England and Wales_, p. 165.

[456] _A Guide to the Antiquities of the Iron Age_ (Brit. Museum), p. 35.

[457] _Ep_ in old Breton meant _horse_; _cf. Origines Celticae_, i., 373, 380, 381.

[458] _Celtic Britain_, p. 229.

[459] 1158 Brimigham; 1166 Bremingeham; 1255 Burmingeham; 1413 Brymecham; 1538 Bromieham.

[460] _Ancient Britain_, p. 282.

[461] _Historical Works_ (Bohn's Library), p. 98.

[462] _Travels in the East_ (Bohn's Library), p. 202.

[463] _Avebury and Stonehenge_, p. 43.

[464] _A Guide to the Antiquities of the Iron Age_, p. 29.

[465] Higgens, G., _Celtic Druids_, p. lxxiv.

[466] _Annals_, Bk. xii, xii.

[467] In 1200 Folkeshull. Of Flixton in Lancas.h.i.+re the authorities suggest, "perhaps a town of the flitch". Of Flokton in Yorks.h.i.+re, "Town of an unrecorded Flocca". I suspect Flokton was really a Folk Dun or Folks Hill.

[468] Akerman, p. 166.

[469] _Slav Tales_, p. 182.

[470] Fraser, J. B., _Persia_, p. 134.

[471] The word _silver_ is imagined to be derived from _Salube_, a town on the Black Sea.

[472] Johnston, J. B., _Place-names_, p. 445.

[473] The Frankish chroniclers a.s.signed the origin of the Franks to Troy. The word _Frank_ is radically feran or veran.

[474] Hope, R. C., _Holy Wells_, p. 137.

[475] _Taliesin_, p. 238.

[476] _Minnis_, said to be a Kentish word for _common_, is seemingly the latter portion of _communis_.

[477] "Within the area towards the north-east corner is a solid rectangular platform of masonry, 145 feet by 104 feet, and 5 feet in thickness. In the centre there is a structure of concrete in the form of a cross, 87 feet in length, 7 feet 6 inches wide, which points to the north. The transverse arm, 47 feet long and 22 feet wide, points to the gateway in the west wall. The platform rests upon a ma.s.s of masonry reaching downward about 30 feet from the surface, it measures 124 feet north to south and 80 feet east to west. At each corner there are holes 5 to 6 inches square, penetrating through the platform. A subterranean pa.s.sage, 5 feet high, 3 feet wide, has been excavated under the overhanging platform, around the foundation beneath, which may be entered by visitors.

"The efforts that have been made to pierce the masonry have failed in ascertaining whether there are chambers inside. No satisfactory explanation of its origin and purpose has yet been discovered. It may have formed the foundation of a 'pharos'. The late C. R. Smith, whose opinion on the subject is of especial value, and also later authorities, have thought that this remarkable structure enclosed receptacles either for the storage of water, or for the deposit of treasure awaiting s.h.i.+pment."--_A Short Account of the Records of Richborough_ (W. D.).

[478] _Britannia Antiquissima_, p. 5.

[479] This on the face of it looks far-fetched, but the intermediate forms may easily be traced, and the suggestion is really more rational than the current claim that _fir_ and _quercus_ are the "same word".

[480] Statues of Epona represent her seated "between foals".

_Ancient Britain_, p. 279.

[481] A small bell swinging in a circle may often be seen to-day as a "flyer" ornament on the heads of London carthorses.