Talk:Farringdon, London

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is within the scope of multiple WikiProjects. Click [show] for further details

This article falls within the scope of WikiProject UK geography, a user-group dedicated to building a comprehensive and quality guide to places in the United Kingdom on Wikipedia. If you wish to participate, share ideas or merely get tips you can join us at the project page where there are resources, to do lists and guidelines on how to write about settlements. United Kingdom Portal Start This article has been rated as Start-Class on the assessment scale. (Add assessment comments) Low This article has been rated as low-importance within the UK geography WikiProject. This article is part of WikiProject London, an attempt to expand, improve and standardise the content and structure of articles related to London. If you would like to participate, you can improve the article attached to this page or sign up and contribute in a wider array of articles. Start This article has been rated as start-Class on the quality scale. Low This article has been rated as low-importance on the importance scale.

It is requested that a map or maps be included in this article to improve its quality. Wikipedians in England may be able to help!

[edit] Etymology

"There are numerous places in England called Farringdon; all meaning fern covered hill." "fern covered hill" would be FearnDuun, out-side Wessex probably FernDuun. In the middle-English period, this woul be slackened to Ferndon, the o_ being slack. By 1600 this would be pronounced something like Fyrnd'n, non-rhotic, this being London. There is no possibility that Londoners could change Fern to Farring, and it highly unlikely that anywhere else Fern became Farn let alone Farring. The derivation from Fern is not feasible. Froggo Zijgeb 18:16, 2 October 2007 (UTC) no rights reserved.

[edit] Archived talk

• /Archive 1