Kent and SE London Place Names

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Across
  1. 2. Old English for green harbour
  2. 3. comes from the Old English word hythe, meaning wharf.
  3. 5. A Beautiful View
  4. 7. Meadow on the Thames
  5. 9. Saxon for house amongst the meadows
  6. 12. Old English 'horu' meaning 'filth, dirt' and 'tūn' as an 'enclosure, a farmstead'; therefore, a 'dirty farm/settlement' - once owned by the de Kirkeby Family in the C13th
  7. 15. A deep river crossing
Down
  1. 1. Place of many springs (water sources)
  2. 2. End of the Grove (Small Wood)
  3. 4. From Old English byxe (“box tree”) + leah (“wood”)
  4. 6. Ærre hyðe - saxon for old haven
  5. 8. Crossing the River Darent
  6. 10. Old english for Swan - elfitu
  7. 11. Cetecopp - flat topped hill
  8. 13. Old English 'flēot' meaning an 'estuary', but not in the south
  9. 14. Crossing the River Cray