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Ah, that's cool, I didn't realise the etymology. UK east coast has a lot of place names ending in '-by', supposedly from Danish invasions around 10th century (
by rich_sasha 3y ago
Ah, that's cool, I didn't realise the etymology.
UK east coast has a lot of place names ending in '-by', supposedly from Danish invasions around 10th century (for example Grimsby), it's nice to see there's a link.
- BoxOfRain 3y agoPresumably 'by-election' comes from the same place too.
- jack_riminton 3y agoGood point!