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Viking Place Names Quiz - The Answers

Ainsty = one path

Beckholme = marshy island in, or near, a stream

Kirkby = church farm

Felkirk = church on a hill

Aingarth = single enclosure or paddock

Scargill = ravine of bare rock

Threlkeld = slaves' well

Skeldale = river valley, likely to flood

Kirkthorpe = remote farm belonging to the church

Becktoft = house-site or cottage near a stream

These are all typically 'northcountry' names and would be most unusual in the south of England. Where 'gill' appears at the front of a name it is usually a personal name and is likely to be Saxon (e.g. Gillingham).