---- Doug Rickard <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I don't want to set off another flock of emails a-fluttering across the World Wide Web, but all this has got be thinking about the derivation of the name of the town that I came from, namely, the nearby Luton. Could this have originally been named because it was the site of a small settlement (i.e. a 'tun') beside the River Lea (or what ever it was called in those far off days)?
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Yes, 'Settlement on the Lea' Lygeton [795 for 792] 13th S 138.
I recall reading (on Britarch) about a piece of Roman pottery found not too distant from the Lea (perhaps 10-15 years ago) inscribed Lugunduno (or similar). This was curiously interpreted as 'fort of the god Lugus'. I pointed out that the Lea was more likely the source, but heard no more. I'll look for the particulars.
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Tom Ikins
The Roman Map of Britain
http://www.romanmap.com
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