Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > thanks a lot. In old-English you could also say "burh".
I live in Charl_bury_ and spend a lot of time in _Bur_ton. Shaun, however, comes from Edin_borough_, which the French, funnily enough, know as Edin_bourg_. They're all the same root. I'm not sure that the existence of one of them in some dictionary or other, much though I like Chambers, really proves the point. cheers Richard -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Castles-and-Palaces-tp23874066p23888389.html Sent from the OpenStreetMap - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk