Torpenhow
Lisa L. Spangenberg | January 23, 2003
David Chess of the very readable Chess Log writes (at the bottom of a long entry): Placename o’ the day: “Torpenhow Hill”. “Tor”, “Pen”, and “Howe” all mean “Hill”, so the name means “Hill Hill Hill Hill”. *8) Tor, pen, and howe aren’t exact synonyms. A tor is a specific geographic feature, a high peaked [...]
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