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Origins of local place names


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17 minutes ago, Will Hughes Hair said:

Swadlincote's name is derived from the Old English Swartlings Cottas, meaning Cottages belong to Swarta.  Interesting Brizlincote means Lee Johnson's holiday home.

Yep. It's also mentioned in the Bible. "They wrapped him in swadlincote and laid him in a manger" 

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