ALDBOROUGH = old fortification
ASKHAM = homestead in the ash trees
BARWICK = old barley farm
BEWERLEY = beavers' field
BURNHAM = homestead by the stream
CARLTON = freeman's town
MORLEY - marshy field
SANDBACH = sandy stream
FLEETHAM = homestead by the creek
WAINFLEET = shallow creek where a waggon can cross
WALDEN = valley of the Britons
WALSHFORD = ford of the Britons
STOWMARKET = market where many meet
STONYHURST = stoney, wooded hill
TONBRIDGE = bridge belonging to the town
NOTE: ham, ton, wick and ley all usually refer to some sort of settlement or enclosure in a forest clearing. The idea that a "town" has to be bigger than a village is modern.