I should add that the same occurs with Venatone (the Roman fort at Feniton/Gittisham) where modern forms of Feniton alternate between V- and F-. Venatone is part of the mis-divided Ardua Ravenatone where Arduara is the Roman fort at the junction of the Yarty with the Axe.
> ---- Richard Coates <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > It's very unlikely that a Romano-British name spelt beginning with <v> would turn up in a modern place-name with <v>. RB <v> represented the sound /w/, which should persist through borrowing into English to the present day. A modern name in Somerset beginning with <v>, and /v/ in pronunciation, is most often from a name in OE <f>, notably Vellow, Vobster and Voxmoor (the last one being completely transparent 'fox moor', I suppose).
> >
> I'm aware of that. The neighboring farm is Fernicaps ST089265, but this doesn't show up on maps until later.
> Both are shown on modern OS 1:25,000 maps.
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Tom Ikins
The Roman Map of Britain
http://www.romanmap.com
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