Re: [tied] re Of Vennemann's proposals

At 11:24:31 AM on Monday, April 18, 2005, Gordon Selway
wrote:

> I do not follow the argument that an abbot cannot own
> awatercourse.  In England at least it is not uncommon for
> toponymsto include the title of an ecclesiastic, where the
> place/whatever wasowned by the institution he headed - eg
> Abbot's Bromley inStaffordshire, Abbot's Lench in
> Worcestershire, or Brampton Abbots inHerefordshire (I'm
> not sure where the monastery was in any of thesecases);

According to Watts, Abbots Bromley (Bromleia Abbatis 1203)
belonged to Burton Abbey, and Brampton Abbots belonged to
Gloucester abbey. <Abbots Lench> has nothing to do with
abbots, however: it's OE <Æbban hlinc> 'Æbba's hillside'.

Brian