Keith Briggs wrote:
> In PN Devon page 12 it is stated that Sid must be a real river-name
> because Sidmouth, Sidbury, and Sidford are situated on it. What is
> the logic here? Plymouth and Plympton are on the Plym, but that is
> not a real river-name.
I think the logic is that Sidmouth is recorded in the DB, whereas Plymouth
is a later (C13) name.
John Briggs
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