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Giving it to someone for free? I dont get it.
As for meaning I know the -chester part means camp. Does anyone know what the Man part means?
As for meaning I know the -chester part means camp. Does anyone know what the Man part means?
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The second element:
"a reduced form of the original Celtic name (meaning obscure, but possibly containing Celtic *mamm, 'breast-like hill')"
This is taken from:
A.D.Mills, Dictionary of Place-names, Oxford 1998
"a reduced form of the original Celtic name (meaning obscure, but possibly containing Celtic *mamm, 'breast-like hill')"
This is taken from:
A.D.Mills, Dictionary of Place-names, Oxford 1998
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