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Many towns in England have local features included in their names, such as bridge and castle. A number of towns in the USA were named after their counterparts in England.

ham in Old English language is a farm or a settlement, whereas

tun or ton means an enclosed place or estate. For information on prefixes, suffixes, etc. in English town names, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_generic_forms_in_British_place_names

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