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List of non-Christian religious placenames in Britain

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This is a list of British place names that commemorate non-Christian religions. Many of them refer to the old Germanic religion. There are 3 types of such names:

Places named after gods.
Places named after temples.
Places named after men with theophoric names, such as Thurlstone = "Thor-wolf's farmstead"; but none are listed here yet.

Note that the common English place name Thorley came from "Thorn-ley".

Cold Higham
Harrow on the Hill
Harrow, London
Harrowden, Bedfordshire
Kirkharle
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Peper Harow
Roseberry Topping
Tewin
Therfield
Thoresway
Thundersley
Thundridge
Thursby
Tuesley
Thursley
Tysoe
Wednesbury
Wednesfield
Weedon Bec
Weedon Lois
Weedon, Buckinghamshire
Weeford
Weeley
Weoley Castle
Weyhill
Wing, Buckinghamshire
Wingrave
Wye, Kent

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