Pennsylvania, Gloucestershire
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Pennsylvania is a small village in South Gloucestershire, England. It is situated on the A46 near the historic cities of Bristol (to the west) and Bath (to the south).[1]
Name origin
The second part of the name, 'sylvania', comes from the Latin word for 'woodland', silva.[2] The first part of the name, 'penn', likely comes either from the British (Celtic) word pen, meaning 'hill', or a personal name.[2]
See also
- Pennsylvania (disambiguation)
References
- ^ "Pennsylvania". British Towns and Villages. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ^ a b Lewis, William (2011). What's in an English place-name? : a history of England in its place-names. Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Brazen Head Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9565106-1-7. OCLC 872380446.
External links
Media related to Pennsylvania, Gloucestershire at Wikimedia Commons
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Places in South Gloucestershire
- Abson
- Acton Turville
- Almondsbury
- Alveston
- Aust
- Awkley
- Badminton
- Bagstone
- Beach
- Bitton
- Bradley Stoke
- Bridgeyate
- Cadbury Heath
- Catbrain
- Charfield
- Charlton
- Charlton Hayes
- Cheswick
- Chipping Sodbury
- Churchend
- Coalpit Heath
- Codrington
- Cold Ashton
- Compton Greenfield
- Conham
- Cowhill
- Cribbs Causeway
- Cromhall
- Dodington
- Downend
- Doynton
- Duckhole
- Dunkirk
- Dyrham
- Earthcott
- Easter Compton
- Elberton
- Emersons Green
- Engine Common
- Falfield
- Filton
- Frampton Cotterell
- Frenchay
- Gaunt's Earthcott
- Great Stoke
- Hallen
- Hambrook
- Hanham
- Harry Stoke
- Hawkesbury
- Hawkesbury Upton
- Henfield
- Hill
- Hinton
- Horton
- Ingst
- Iron Acton
- Itchington
- Kendleshire
- Kingswood
- Latteridge
- Little Badminton
- Little Sodbury
- Little Stoke
- Littleton-upon-Severn
- Longwell Green
- Mangotsfield
- Marshfield
- Mayshill
- Milbury Heath
- Morton
- New Passage
- Nibley
- North Common
- Northwick
- Old Down
- Old Sodbury
- Oldbury Naite
- Oldbury-on-Severn
- Oldland
- Oldland Common
- Olveston
- Over
- Patchway
- Pennsylvania
- Petty France
- Pilning
- Pucklechurch
- Ram Hill
- Rangeworthy
- Redwick
- Rockhampton
- Rudgeway
- Severn Beach
- Shepperdine
- Siston
- Soundwell
- Staple Hill
- Stoke Gifford
- Stoke Lodge
- Swineford
- Thornbury
- Tockington
- Tormarton
- Tortworth
- Tytherington
- Upton Cheyney
- Wapley
- Warmley
- Watley's End
- Westerleigh
- Whitfield
- Wick
- Wickwar
- Willsbridge
- Winterbourne
- Winterbourne Down
- Yate
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