[301] Dalston in Cumberland is assumed to have been a town in the dale or dale’s town. But surely “towns” were never thus anonymous?
[302] P. 299.
[303] Compare also Shadwell in East London, “said to be St. Chad’s Well”.
[304] Mitton, G. E., Hackney, p. 11.
[305] Cf. Westropp, T. J., Proceedings of Royal Irish Academy, vol. xxxiv., Sec. C., Nos. 3 and 4.
[306] Walters, J. Cuming, The Lost Land of King Arthur, p. 219.
[307] One of these has been slightly diverted by the exigencies of the railway station.
[308] Macalister, R. A. S., Temair Breg: A Study of the Remains and Traditions of Tara, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, sec. C., Nos. 10 and 11, p. 284.
[309] Picard, Ceremonies of Idolatrous People, vol. iv., p. 291.
[310] Weekley, E., Romance of Names, p. 224.