Cf. Thelnetham and Welnetham in Suffolk, both originally -lv-
Keith
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Subject: Tacolneston
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacolneston
Appears in DB as Tacoluestuna.
Wikipedia says that the -ne- is silent.
A.D.Mills's book says that it is from "Ta_twulfes tu_n". But is there a possible OE etymology that has the -c-?
If the -n- is an old handwriting misread for -u-, about when did it happen?
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