How Did The Boroughs Of London Get Their Names?

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SOURCES AND FURTHER READING
London: www.haggardhawks.com/single-p...
How The London Boroughs Got Their Names: londonist.com/2013/07/how-the...
Westminster: www.british-history.ac.uk/old-...
Kensington & Chelsea: www.rbkc.gov.uk/vmhistory/gen...
Fulham: lawsonsanddaughters.com/area-...
Wandsworth: www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/ne...
Hackney: www.hackney.gov.uk/hackney-hi...
Ealing: ealingnewsextra.co.uk/history/...
Kingston upon Thames: www.british-history.ac.uk/lond...
Sutton: Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names
Croydon: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...
Bromley: www.bromley.gov.uk/info/200064...
Lewisham: www.british-history.ac.uk/lond...
Bexley: www.bexley.gov.uk/sites/bexle...
PHOTO SOURCES
Palace of Westminster: Diliff
City of London: Colin and Kim Hansen
King Lud: Shakespearesmonkey
Palace of Westminster: Gloria Nneoma Onwuneme
Kensington and Chelsea: Onofre_Bouvila
Hammersmith Bridge: Patche99z
Forge: Francisco Goya
Wandsworth: Stevekeiretsu
Domesday Book: William Andrews
London Eye: Diliff
Southwark: Stephen Craven
Tower Hamlets: Diliff
Hackney: Ewan Munro
Islington: Sebastianhistory
Camden: R4vi
Charles Pratt: Nathaniel Dance-Holland
Brent: Thiago MTB
Brent River: Kwantonge
Ealing: Sue Wallace
Hounslow: Oxyman
Richmond upon Thames: Richard James Lander
Kingston upon Thames: Stevekeiretsu
Merton: Albert lee1
Sutton: Kemal ATLI
Croydon: Pafcool2
Saffron: Vathlu
Bromley: Nick Regan
Broom Shrub: Calibas
Lewisham: vHH
Greenwich: Jcfrye
Greenwich Royal Observatory: Steve F-E-Cameron
Bexley: Wellingwebsite
Havering: MRSC
Barking and Dagenham
Golden Gate Bridge: Frank Schulenburg
Redbridge: Sunil060902
Newham: Gerard McGovern
Waltham Forest: Iridescenti
Haringey: Sweek
Enfield: Philafrenzy
Barnet: Steve Cadman
Harrow: Dr Neil Clifton
Hillingdon: Harrison49
Thatched Villagers Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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[@PlainlyDifficult]

Currently watching from Croydon but just come home from work in Southwark!

[@yunoewig3095]

Plainly Difficult you mean South Park?

[@cnsmooth]

Don't try it! Croydon will never be London to me fam, not until you get an SW postcode. HA!

[@cnsmooth]

JayoJay we clearly both made poor life choices lol

[@dtvfan24]

didnt know about croydon being where wild flowers grow.

[@dtvfan24]

still think croydon as in surrey but now we become so much concreate, apartments and shops.

[@sonuvabitch]

Newham = New'um, not New Ham.

[@zeusrulez]

Hououin Kyouma and Hav’r’ing not have’er’ing

[@leod-sigefast]

That is modern English pronunciation. No problem with saying it was it is intended in Old English...just because modern English people speak like spazes...

[@punor]

Newham = nyooooom

[@joachimmacdonald2702]

What you on about, it’s nerm

[@SukacitaYeremia]

Newh'um? Nyooom is hilarious!

[@Belboz99]

Fun part about the Broom Bush for which Bromley was named... The Old English word "bróm" which itself is from a common West-Germanic word "Brama", which even dates back to Proto-Indo-European "bh(e)rem" which meant "to project; a point". And the reason this word which meant "a point" was used is because it was used for "bramble", as in a "thorny shrub". One of the particular brambles, the "Broom Bush" was used a lot in making brooms for sweeping houses, somewhere around the 15th century. So really the broom witches ride is named after the broom bush, not the other way around... And the broom bush itself gets it's name from prehistoric Proto-Indo-European for "Pointy" because it was a kind of bramble, which is also derived from the same.

[@Larry]

I live in Hillingdon, that pic you used for it are the gardens of Eastcote house, which no longer exists, bur the gardens still do.

[@NameExplain]

Larry Bundy Jr Damn out of date wikimedia!

[@thefirstbus]

But*

[@taiana2323]

I'll be in London later this year - my first time and I'm from New Zealand YIKES! This really helped learn about what makes up London. Thanks mate!

[@jazz4778]

Taiana If you're worried about getting lost don't be. There are Tube maps everywhere, it's really easy to get around, and in the inner London areas there are street maps on like almost every street corner. Failing that most Londoners should be able to point you in the right direction

[@DotRD12]

*Greenwich shows up* Me: 'Ah, Green-witch' NE: 'Gren-itch, as well as the name...' Me: 😐

[@MEGAEddie6969]

If you enjoyed that, get ready for Leicester Prounounced..... Lester

[@tomthornton6259]

Or Loughborough- pronounced luffbrer!!

[@sporgiii]

Edward Barnard knew this from their football team

[@emardis8982]

UK place-names... 😂😂😂

[@jovanweismiller7114]

There is a town in Kansas, USA called Greenwich. My parents lived there, The locals pronounce it Green-witch, but my Hampshire-born Mum and I knew better! Gren-itch it is!

[@Outis89]

Excellent video, sir. Your mention of Hillingdon put me in mind of a lovely little town in Leistershire called Breedon on the Hill. Bree is a Celtic British Word meaning “Hill”, with “don” being the Anglo-Saxon equivalent as you mentioned. This means the town’s name means “Hill Hill on the Hill”. I absolutely love your content, keep it coming!

[@briantime3762]

Yes please do tube lines!

[@TheMikeytop]

but in a collab with geoff marschall please

[@mattpotter8725]

It'd definitely help in speeding up the research, and thus getting the video out, as he's probably done quite a bit already, if nothing else!!!

[@acerockman3520]

Quick note, I live in haringey and many people usually associate the origin of the name of the borough with herrings.

[@zetterfire1000]

The pronounciation of Havering made me cry

[@Gadas1]

Tell me about it. Problem is he pronounced it a lot worse that it even sounds

[@Peter-gv6vf]

And Waltham Forest where i was born! Explaining Newham was created in 1965 is completely redundant as every borough here was created in 1965. Does this bloke know anything?!

[@Danjs112]

Hey-ver-ring

[@thomyorke7622]

What about Celtic as Seltic

[@tahiatowhidul322]

Loved this video!! Made me feel very proud to be a Londoner for some reason

[@Tristan7VlogsTristan7Gaming]

Tahia Towhidul I live in Hackney lol

[@psammiad]

Except the idiot pronounced so many things wrongly!

[@MrDylsha]

You may live in London but you are and will never be English. Just like if a white person moves to live in Nairobi they will never be African

[@a1_trillz]

Dylan Ferrier But i was born in London you white supremacist

[@MrDylsha]

So you're saying if a white person was born in Tokyo they would be Japanese or Asian? Of course not, but since it's the other way around (a non-white being born in a white native country) it's suddenly different? nup

[@RockismyAir]

Hillhill And also: Yes to the tubeseries.

[@ashknoecklein]

I would love a video on London station names! Also, what a marathon of name explanation right here! Great work as usual.

[@lomax343]

If, as you say, you were born in London, why do you so woefully mispronounce London names? River Lea, Havering, Newham, Waltham Forest...

[@massiveferguson9466]

lomax343 I find his pronunciation a little strange,maybe it's some new mish-mash type accent that has evolved in a large urban area like London that has had lots of different people mixing over the years.

[@devilishmode]

Dont forget 'CaNdeM'

[@VCYT]

Yeh i noted that also ! He's a viking immigrant !

[@27hazardous]

The Havering one got me the most LOL

[@tamed4171]

Pronunciation doesn't matter

[@elevenbyfive]

This was brilliant! It's stuff I've always wondered about. I would absolutely LOVE a series about the tube stations! That would be awesome.

[@thatscottishkaren1]

The pronunciation if Newham isn't what I expected. I've heard it said more Newum than New-Ham

[@andrew7955]

A video of each line would be very interesting in fact! I've been to London once (I'm from Australia) and loved it. So different to what I'm used to.

[@dansattah]

I know that this is a nitpick, but isn't the first "C" in "Celtic" pronounced with a "k"-sound?

[@fionafiona1146]

Dan Al Is Ceasar supposed to be pronounced with a hard K? As the Romans Probably used this pronation, Germany used it in Kaiser (Emperor) 😂

[@dansattah]

These kinds of conversations are one of the reasons why I love the wacky world of linguistics.

[@colinp2238]

The name comes from the Greek so yes it is with a hard C or K. Celtic as in the football team is a much later pronunciation and is most likely an anglicism (similar to the word whisky from uisge beatha, water of life).

[@sion8]

+Mehr Licht That isn't true, C actually has several sounds including S, K, and G (the letter G actually comes from the C getting a right angle ¬ inside of it) in Latin (even before Classical). This is the reason that in Spanish (and other Romance languages) the C before E and I has the so called soft sound, while elsewhere it has its hard sound. French/Portuguese/Spanish: _César_ ; Italian: _Cesare_ ; Romanian: _Cezar_ > Latin: _Caesar_ French: _chanter_ ; Italian: _cantare_ ; Portuguese/Spanish: _cantar_ ; Romanian: _cânta_ > Latin: _cantare_ "to sing" French: _cercle_ ; Italian: _circolo_ ; Portuguese/Spanish: _círculo_ ; Romanian: _cerc_ > Latin: _circulus_ Also, German isn't a direct descendant of Latin and borrowing can actually distort words beyond recognition, way more than linguistic evolution.

[@waterdrager93]

'in Latin (even before Classical)', nope. You are correct that the C represented the sounds K and G, but the S sound is from a later date.

[@legobricc]

It's pronounced 'Hayvering' my dude

[@sorenmpeterson]

Thumbs up to the suggestion of a future Name Explain video about how the stations on each Tube line got their names! Perhaps a collaboration with Geoff Marshall?

[@mimm2578]

I love even more London. I wish I could live there. Cheers my friend! You have a beautiful city!

[@KayKapone1]

Oh no you don’t wish you could live their ohhhh no you don’t. 😂

[@NiamhAllStar21]

I know that the elephant and castle tune station is named for a Spanish princess in a castle. La infanta en Castilla. Which then got corrupted over time. I love the idea of a tube stop series

[@vincentfly22]

I'd love to watch the video about the tube stations!! Great work, thank you!

[@kipdude1]

A big fan of the name explain channel and as a Londoner this is my favourite video!

[@daisyrushton1574]

There's actually some debate about whether Kingston comes from King's town or from King's Stone, since there is a stone there where several Anglo-Saxon kings were crowned.

[@EdricoftheWeald]

thomas rushton Wouldn't it be 'Kingstan' if it were after the stone?

[@SICspeediscool]

wow. from kingston as well. thought you would put an image of the stone where kings were crowned :P

[@RJa26]

My friend... u deserve a lot more attention... keep up the work!

[@raymondstrunk4770]

Appreciate the work. Thanks for another great video.

[@poperussian]

Huh, given the music, I was expecting CGP Grey to make an appearance at one point.

[@Shizbazki2]

Patiently watches video waiting for my London Borough, gets to Waltham Forest and Name Explain then BUTCHERS the name calling it "Walt-Ham Forest" when it pronounced "Wal-Th-ham Forest" wit the "th" having a more "f" like the "th" in the word "the"

[@fengkorberfer]

Considering he's English, how did he mess that up?

[@jazz4778]

Ikr, and he pronounced Havering as "hah-vuh-ring" when I'm pretty sure it's "hay-ver-ing"

[@Shizbazki2]

Thats what thought as well, i thought it was pronounced as Hay-ver-ing" as well

[@JS-vp6wg]

I waiting for walthamforest to

[@leod-sigefast]

'Th' in English should never be pronounced like 'f'. Just because thick lazy fuckers say 33 like fir'y free doesn't mean it is correct. English always has said 'th' as...well fucking 'TH'! Going right back to Old English, our Anglo-Saxon forebears said it as 'TH'. Front 'f-ing' is incorrect. Learn to speak proper, lazy tongued morons.

[@dexterdugarjr.3217]

Hello from New York City (The Bronx)! I'd definitely love to see a Tube series

[@neonmarkov6544]

YES PLEASE, the underground stations names video sounds amazing

[@PapaTaurean]

Hill hill... that is awesome. I love interesting nomenclature!

[@masterimbecile]

Yes for London Underground, and I'm not even from England! Just a bit of a public transport geek.

[@cat3crazy]

I really enjoyed watching the video and seeing all the beautiful sites in London.

[@tombaugh5286]

Great video, and absolutely, yes - A vid on tube stations would be amazing! I believe there´s a book or two out about them... and also Paris´s Metro stations too! Keep up the great work mate!! You´re doing amazing!!

[@joelgraves9392]

I feel like Geoff Marshal/Londonist is involved somehow

[@jovanweismiller7114]

If he's not, he should be, especially if the Tube stations names get done.

[@Mudkip0408]

Joel G yes that's defiantly something that should be done

[@john_something_or_other]

I bloody well hope not.

[@stunpeenmann]

I would love to see a video about how some London tube stations got there names

[@emardis8982]

Excellent video! I'd love to see a video explaining the names of the underground stations - huge London Underground fan here 😃

[@Possiblyqiqi]

8:27 That sounds more like Walthamstow... and now that I think about it, WALTHAMstow is part of Waltham Forest

[@jaojao1768]

*pronounced "keltic"

[@christyguy59]

Sir Jaojao been watching too much Scottish football

[@NameExplain]

Crap, did I say "Seltic" instead of "keltic" at one point? This video was a huge undertaking and I was paranoid a "seltic" would slip out!

[@jaojao1768]

Name Explain at 4:22, maybe somewhere else too

[@koninkrijkc8559]

also 0:56

[@jaojao1768]

Blunt Cunever how did you know I was Scandinavian?

[@kylekohlstedt]

I like how he used the same music that CGP Gray used in his London vid...

[@gigglysamentz2021]

It got me London nostalgia, more please !

[@beriligum]

A series of videos on each of the underground stop names sounds cool! Go for it

[@dubsy1026]

Is it just a coincidence the CGP music from his city of London video is playing over the city of London section in this?

[@caolanfeely4317]

Dubsy 102 isn’t that just the music cgp grey uses all the time

[@storyspren]

This is a place name gold mine for any fantasy writers who struggle with names. Just translate the origins to a setting-appropriate language and derive from there. EDIT: To answer your question at the end, I would be very interested. In part for the first part of my comment, and for pure etymological interest.

[@prewartomatoes]

I LOVE THAT SITE NAAKXKDMDM

[@alikress5207]

Would be super excited to see videos about the different tube lines!!

[@wannawatchu66]

Thanks for explaining the "upon Thames" distinction. I learned something new today.

[@campbria4225]

I'd love to see the name explain for the boroughs of Toronto or the cities of the Greater Toronto Area. Come on Canadian video.

[@motherintoronto]

There isn't much etymology there though. They were named after other places. Like Scarborough was a place nomadic hunters passed through for 8000 years. Then a couple of stonemasons (Thomson's) set up mills, then there was Thomson Settlement and that was officially named Scarborough village. Most of the place names aren't deeper in meaning than they liked the name. Mississauga name came from the Mississauga First Nations people. "Those at the Great-River-Mouth." Etobicoke was pronounced wah-do-be-kang but land surveyor butchered it and wrote it down as "ato-be-coake" which means "Place where the Alders grow." Toronto was originally from "tkaronto" "place where trees stand in water." but later came to mean "plenty." Mimico is an Ojibwe word for "abundant with pigeons." Most place names aren't that meaningful as the settlers just use place names from home that they liked so often. It's only really the places with First Nation's name that tell you something about the places early days.

[@wild_phil5570]

Yes I would love to see a video about the different lines of the underground

[@f.michaelbremer-cruz2708]

This was quite interesting for many reasons, in particular that what I think of as "London" is actually a rather small town surrounded by 32 quite sizeable Boroughs. Having grown up in PA, where Boroughs are the common designation for most communities that aren't cities or villages, it was also intriguing to be reminded of just how many of their names originated in London.

[@ay613]

Great video tho thnx for spending ur time helping us👍

[@thesuomi8550]

Next epi better be about london underground 😁

[@ummhwegottaproblem9125]

Big up Croydon 😂

[@scythium4703]

Yes to the tube series!

[@stacey1961]

As A Romford Born Guy I was told Havering was Have a ring A ring given to one of the Kings who owned the forest and name of the village in the north of the county . The name Havering appears in documents from around the 12th century. The origins of this name have been debated by historians since the Middle Ages when it was linked to the legend of Edward the Confessor and a mystical ring returned to him by Saint John the Apostle. The event being commemorated in stained glass (from about 1407) in a chapel at Romford, that was dedicated to the king.[ If you can find a booklet distributed in about 1965 when Havering was formed you will find the story .

[@antonydandrea]

Amazing! I particularly took interest in Waltham Forest where I lived for 20 years. I always wondered if it was linked to Walthamstow (probably) and Waltham Abbey. Btw, I never heard it pronounced Walt-ham before.

[@TheMarcosutra]

Like the majority of your videos, there's a massive list of mispronunciations... Maybe when recording the script you double check pronunciations of names...? When you mispronounce the things you're trying to explain, it discredits you.

[@simonday6414]

It's Hayvering

[@TheDundeeBiscuitLuvU]

I know he mispronounced Celtic, what else did he get wrong?

[@TheMarcosutra]

MaryJane etomological, londinium, celtic, lly din, llyn dain... and that’s just in the first 2 minutes....

[@TheMarcosutra]

i’m not gonna go through the rest of the video pointing out mispronounced words. i made the original comment truthfully and as a favour! it’s not my damn job to pronounce-check so I wouldn’t gain anything from making it up.

[@prepperjonpnw6482]

M T Piss off. If it’s not your job to pronounce check then what are you doin mate? Huh? Just step off and leave it alright. Not your job so shut it

[@MrRRHHMM]

VERY interesting.. Thanks Mate....

[@RenaRoo123]

I am officially Name explained. Awesome video dude!

[@j.r.765]

I would love a video explaining the tube names

[@fezzyman-tfs5100]

Are you ever going to do videos on uk county names?

[@Alex-fv2qs]

It could be the video with most misspronunciations in the history of KZbin

[@cherelled6419]

Watching from Barking and Dagenham!! Please make the video about tube station names :)

[@gingergreek]

Enfield boy here. My little (big) borough is also one of the newest boroughs and was once just part of middlesex until 1965. We had the world's first ATM, the famous Enfield rifle and of course Chas and Dave

[@editsonimovie8681]

Ae combined isnt a diphthong, it’s an old letter pronounced like the a in ash

[@salamander981]

I would imagine London was a beautiful place 5,000 years ago- trees, valleys, clean rivers, meadows, and no West Ham supporters !

[@richardrandomk]

I appreciate the way you made that about football. neat :-)

[@uremailingalex]

Yes! A London stop series ov videos would be very interesting!

[@slickefexofficialuk8295]

Born in Hounslow, grew up in Tower Hamlets, currently living in Tower Hamlets, work in Camden, lived in Croydon, Islington and support an Islington football club Arsenal.

[@NameExplain]

Londoners: Which borough of the city are you watching this video from?

[@daniyalhussain956]

Name Explain redbridge

[@justtime3027]

Not a Londoner but from Manchester

[@tobotrobot185]

Havering

[@Sir_Budginton]

Barnet

[@abdiganisugal825]

Harrow

[@jommydavi2197]

Can you do a video on the Oxford, Cambridge and Durham colleges please!

[@leytonjay]

Yes, please do all the tube stations. x

[@dixgun]

That was a great one . Also great music on these ... what is it ?

[@wintrwunderland]

Sure, go ahead with the London Underground, but what are you going to do with the stations that have more than one line? Also, what about other Tfl lines that don't count under the London Underground e.g. DLR, London Overground and TfL Rail/Crossrail?

[@Generalscorpio]

Perhaps if he started with one line and worked his way through it and then whenever a station comes up that he's already done he can just point to the previous video on the subject.

[@faristaj2326]

Do my eyes deceive me? Is this Ali from LMA?

[@royporter4232]

Just shows that London has the best public transport system in the World

[@TiaraUponThouHead]

Could you do the names of the different counties in England/the different states in the U.S.? Big thanks

[@eliasfrahat7074]

Great job

[@anthonyholroyd4338]

Would definitely be interested in tube station etymology. Maybe a team up with Geoff Marshall of All the stations fame?

[@bluedancelilly]

I've never heard of many of these. He needed to include a map.

[@funny_monke6]

Did you see that ludicrous display last night?

[@Jhmjwz]

What was Wenger thinking, sending Walcott on that early?

[@jazz4778]

Fornicus Lord Of Bondage And Pain It's a reference to the Channel 4 sitcom The IT Crowd. It's a bit like The Big Bang Theory but British and therefore funnier.

[@internetguy692]

The problem with Arsenal is they always try to walk it in

[@CodOpsZombies]

The tube line series sounds good!

[@danbailey8182]

Here in Ontario Canada we have many British names for our towns. We have a Kingston, Essex, Windsor and Harrow and many others.

[@conrad9289]

I'm interested in the tube video. I watched this video near the boundary of tower hamlets and hackney

[@jaojao1768]

Interesting that so many of these are named after people

[@jovanweismiller7114]

There's also Kingston, Ontario And, YES! I want a video (or series of videos) on the names of the Tube stations!

[@owencook9239]

Great video

[@sohopedeco]

So many football teams! You should do one about the Premier League and the Champions. ;)

[@peterglover1271]

As someone born and raised in Havering I can safely say you are pronouncing it wrong

[@BigBen444]

I would love to see the nam explanation of the London train stations!

[@harrispinkham]

Yes please do a video on the London Underground stations!

[@valor6265]

WalTHAM Forest, HAYvering, newUM, you'd think someone who makes etymology videos for a living would know how to pronounce names.. -_-

[@luxford60]

He mispronounced crocus too. and the River Lea.

[@cigmorfil4101]

I suppose i can vaguely forgive the mispronouciation of llyn dain. But i can't forgive not mispronouncing Greenwich (considering the other mispronounciations)...

[@GrrrBoww]

•_•

[@Bus_Driver_Jay]

Anyone else here from Newham?

[@vinodavamadeva3533]

I would definitely be interested in a series about tube station name origins!!!!!!

[@trevordance5181]

Part of the London Borough of Bromley has a TN (Tonbridge, Kent) postcode. Postcodes however do not have to match administrative areas. There is even a small part of the administrative county of Essex that has a London E4 postcode.

[@marblesjn]

The London Underground, as an American I say "Let's do it."

[@jagdpanther1944]

enjoy! just avoid Croydon

[@KayKapone1]

@@jagdpanther1944 avoid Croydon? Why just Croydon? Their is way more violent areas of London. 😂

[@TheHollowBodiesBand]

I suppose nobody cares, but I’ll explain the names of the municipalities of Greater Monterrey, México. Monterrey: stated by the founder Diego de Montemayor as “Ciudad Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora de Monterrey” (Metropolitan City of Our Lady of Monterrey) in honour of Gaspar Zúñiga, count of Monterrei, Spain. Most likely composed of “Monte”, hill or mountain, and “Rey”, king. Montreal is often considered as name share. San Pedro Garza García: San Pedro is for the Valle de San Pedro de los Nogales (Saint Peter of the Pecan Trees Valley), Garza García are the last names of former Nuevo León governor Genaro Garza García. Garza is spanish for egret and García comes from either ibero-aquitan “kartzea”, something related to bears, or goth for “prince of graceful sight”. Santa Catarina: Named after Saint Catherine. The name itself comes from greek “Aikateríné”, which means pure or immaculate. Escobedo: Named after Mariano Escobedo, notorious mexican general, born in Nuevo León. Escobedo derives from Escobar (like Pablo) and most likely means “place of brooms” Guadalupe: Named after the Virgen de Guadalupe, it probably comes Arabic influence. Wad-al-upe supposedly means “hidden river”. San Nicolás de los Garza: Saint Nicholas was the patron saint of a small village owned by a family called Garza, thus, Saint Nicholas of the Garza. Garza is spanish for egret. Apodaca: named after Salvador Apodaca, bishop of Linares. That last name comes from basque “Apodaka” that means “unknown town” Santiago: in honour of James, son of Zebedee. Iaqob, or Jacob. The portuguese name him São Tiago, and old spanish refers to him as San Diego, probably as a deformation of vulgar latin Sanctu Iacobu. Salinas Victoria: Salinas refers to the “Valle de las Salinas” (Valley of Salt Lakes”. Victoria honours Mexico’s first president Guadalupe Victoria, and the word itself means victory. García: after Joaquín García, twice governor of the state. García comes from either ibero-aquitan “kartzea”, something related to bears, or goth for “prince of graceful sight”. Juárez: after Benito Juárez, notable mexican president. It probably derives from Suárez, “son of Suero” or “son of Suaro”, as spanish orthography was rather vague and “S” and “Sh” were sometimes written with “X” (also see “Mexico”, comes from the Mexica people that should be pronounced “Meshika”), the sound of “X” eventually became the “spanish J” which is like a very strong “english H” Cadereyta Jiménez: after New Spain’s 16th viceroy Lope Díaz de Armendariz, marquis of Cadereita. This name probably comes from basque-celtic-hispanic and arabic influence. “Al-quasr” means “castle” or “fortress”, included in spanish language as “alcázar”. When we combine this with early spanish “eyllos” or “eitas” (them) we get “Quasr-eita” or “Quadr-eita”, “the ones from the castle”. Jiménez in honour of mexican independence hero General Mariano Jiménez, meaning “son of Jimeno”. Pesquería: “Fishing”, one of the activities that can be done on Pesquería River, or “Fishing River”.

[@ailinos]

TheHollowBodiesBand I care. That's fascinating!!

[@MzPink1992]

Yes ! To a video on the underground

[@alisonnorcross951]

Good info

[@svenservette4197]

Keltic

[@hmmm9658]

I thought Kingston came from the king stone in the centre that was used to crown medieval kings

[@psammiad]

No, that's a rather florid fake etymology. King's Town, it's very simple.

[@mikesaunders4775]

It is from King's stone.Seven Saxon kings of England were crowned there.That is why it is a royal borough.

[@koont666]

Kings stone I lived there for 8 years

[@matthewshin5324]

It comes from the name Chingestune, which may as well mean king's town. While the name may have come from the crowning of seven kings (which may have involved a certain stone), confusingly 'Kingston' doesn't actually come from 'King's Stone'. A nice coincidence! Kingston is the King's Town with the King Stone! (Source: my home town, and also a good dose of Wikipedia!)

[@mikesaunders4775]

Its 'Cyningstane' in the Domesday book ,from Cyning (King) and 'Stane' (stone). The stone is still there near the Council offices for all to see.PS never trust Wikipedia.

[@chrisfortune1813]

At the start of the bit for Merton you show a shopping center which if I am not mistaken is in Wimbledon

[@seandejong2308]

Hillhill 😂 Interesting video 😊