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- From: Joshua@fquest.FidoNet.Org (Joshua)
- Newsgroups: alt.missing-kids
- Subject: Appelgarth
- Message-ID: <724118611.65@fquest.FidoNet>
- Date: 3 Dec 92 17:16:47 GMT
- Sender: Fredgate@fquest.FidoNet.Org
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- "Cecily de Catton" writes:
- > For what it's worth, a place called Applegarth really exists in North
- > Yorkshire. The first element appears in a form of ca. 1160 as Appel,
- > although the second doesn't change from -gard to -garth until 1228.
- > See Ekwall, p. 11, under Applegarth.
- > Sorry for not combining this with the earlier post on the meaning of
- > the word garth. I don't have my own terminal, so I had to logoff before
- > going out to Reference for Ekwall.
-
- Given this, I'd be very annoyed if a name of the form "so-and-so of
- Appelgarth" was rejected. I'm not sure what I think about "House
- Appelgarth".
-
- ---Simon
-
- p.s. does anyone know if the submitter was aware of the connection with
- Merlin, by the way?
-