You could try working through Lewis's Topographical Dictionary online which is arranged alphabetically. Bovington is Bovingdon, for example.
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=445
Dave Postles
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Subject: [LOCAL-HISTORY] p[lace names from 1881 Census
I am trying to compile a list of men who were with the 66th Regiment and
survived to take part in the 1881 Census. The enumerators seem to be using
somewhat eccentric spellings and I am not sure they got the counties right
either
The following have evaded me so far
BOGNOR Hants
BOVINGTON Herts
FINDRINGTON Cambs
FOWNER Bucks
KINGDON Berks [Kingston?]
NEWCASTLE Durham
NEWHAM Dorset
PEDLEY BRIDGE Yorks
SENDLY Durham
SOUTHERTON Berks
STEIPE Oxon
SUN BARTON Yorks
TYLEHURST Bucks
WESTHAM Essex
WEST OLVERTON Berks
WHITECHURCH Som [Whitchurch?]
WHITEFORD Warks
Any ideas would be welcomed
thanks
John Chapman
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