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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture ---- John Freeman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > A possible objection to John Briggs' surmise might be that if Holywater > stands for 'Bromyard' or 'Ledbury', wouldn't a more natural expression be > *Holywaters Lynton (or possibly *Lynton Holywaters) etc.? But I agree that > the possessive seems decidedly odd. Well, yes, but if it were "King's Holywater" and "Bishop's Holywater" instead of Lynton's Holywater and Norton's Holywater there wouldn't be any doubt! I am thinking of the analogy wih Monk Sherborne and Dean's Sherborne (now Sherborne St John - the family not the saint!) in Hampshire. Yes, "Holywater Lynton" and "Holywater Norton" would be more natural. Another suggestion: is "Holywater" a name for the river (the River Leadon?) John Briggs ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html