It doesn’t matter if you live in a city, town or village - the vast majority of place names in the UK date back hundreds, if not thousands of years.
Many place names date back to the Anglo Saxon period, which just goes to show how historic they are.
The Domesday book - a land survey commissioned by William the Conqueror and completed in 1086 - provides an invaluable picture of the late 11th century.
Took recorded the names of approximately 13,418 places in England and parts of Wales, including hundreds here in Nottinghamshire.
We’ve picked 22 place names across Nottinghamshire and explored the meanings behind them.
Be sure to let us know which one you found most interesting!
1. Nottingham
The name of Nottingham is Anglo-Saxon in origin. A Saxon chieftain named Snot ruled an area known as Snotingaham in Old English; the homestead of Snot's people (-inga = 'the people of'; -ham = 'homestead'). Photo: Pixabay
2. Mansfield
There is dispute to the origins of the name Mansfield. Three conjectures have been considered - either the name was given to the nobel family of Mansfield who came over with King William the Conqueror, others indicate the name came from Manson, an Anglo Saxon word for traffic and a field meaning a place of trade, or named after the river Maun which runs through Mansfield, the town being built around the river. The market town dates back to the Domesday Book of 1086 where it was listed as Mamesfelde, which literally means "open land by the River Maun." Photo: Mansfield Chad
3. Worksop
Recorded in the Domesday Book, the market town was formerly known as "Wareshope" - thought to derive from the Old English name "Woer" and "hop," meaning an enclosed valley. After this, the town was known as Werchesope; referred to as a manor in the wapentake of Bernesedelawe, or hundred of Bassetlaw. Photo: Worksop Guardian
4. Hucknall
This Ashfield town got its name from the Old English name Ucca, which is a pet form of the Old English personal name Uhtræd. From 1295 until 1915, the town was known as Hucknall Torkard, taken from Torcard, the name of a dominant landowning family. Signs of the earlier name can be seen on some older buildings. Photo: Hucknall Dispatch