The History of Place Names in England and Worcestershire

Wyre Piddle, Dag Tail End, Cofton Hackett, Finstall and Inkberrow. Just a few of the strangely intriguing names found on the signposts pointing along the lanes leading to the hamlets, villages and towns of Worcestershire in the rural heart of England.  Each name is special. Every one of them hints at stories of people and events which shaped this quintessentially English county centuries ago. But what do they all mean? What mysteries lie here? Who named these hills and rivers? These voices form the past have been painstakingly unlocked in a new book by retired medical doctor, Mike Jenkins, in his new book The History of Place Names in England and Worcestershire which is now available from bookshops and Amazon. Keywords: Worcestershire; Mike Jenkins; places

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HWM On Air - the audio channel of History West Midlands – tells the enthralling stories of the people who shaped the heart of England and the world beyond. These programmes introduce you to fascinating people and events - from Anglo Saxon warrior kings; to radical thinkers driving forward the Industrial Revolution; and, the great political orators of the 19th and 20th centuries, in the historic counties of Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire. Let us take you on a journey onto battlefields; into cathedrals; and, through the forests where Shakespeare walked as well as those cradles of modern industry Birmingham. Stoke-on-Trent and the Ironbridge Gorge.