North Cerney & Cerney Wick South Cerney
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North Cerney & Cerney Wick South Cerney
Gloucestershire Cyrnea (852), Cernei (1086) (DB), Northcerneye (1291), Suthcerney (1285), Cernewike (1220). Named from the River Churn (an old Celtic river-name derived from the same root as the first element of Cirencester) + OE ēa ‘stream’. Wick is from OE wīc ‘farm, dairy farm’.
| North Cave & South Cave, North Bovey Bovey Tracey, North Berwick | |
| North Charford, North Cockerington & South Cockerington, North Coker East Coker & West Coker |
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