Here are the answers to our quiz which appeared in the last Journal.
Further Comments on the Feet of Fines for Essex by the Rev Llewellyn C Watson Bullock
“As regards the old form of place-names, the present instalment gives us, among others, the following …
Assyndon (Ashingdon)
Bartlisden (Basildon)
Branketre (Braintree)
Brendwod (Brentwood)
Bubbyngeforde (Bobbingworth)
Castellanger (Chipping Ongar)
Dakenham (Dagenham)
Fifhyde (Fyfield)
Godythestre (Good Easter)
Gyngemounteneye (Mountnessing)
Hatfeld Brodhok (Hatfield Broadoak)
Heghangre (High Ongar)
Herewyche (Harwich)
Laufare Maddeley (Magdalen Laver)
Macchyng (Matching)
Maisshebury (Mashbury)
Plassy (Pleshey)
Rothyng Abbatisse (Abbess Roding)
Westhanyfeld (West Hanningfield)
Writcle (Writtle)”