Cornhill-on-Tweed

English

Etymology

From a metathesized form of Old English cran (“crane”) + healh (“nook of land”).[1]

Proper noun

Cornhill-on-Tweed

  1. A village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, on the border with Scotland (OS grid ref NT8639). [2]

References

  1. ^ "Key to English Place Names". Key to English Place Names- Worth Kent. University of Nottingham.
  2. ^ Parish map
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