Astwyth (east)
Drumchapel (ridge)
Formby
Guildfirth (wood)
Innbury
Jill-on-Weyr (on a river)
Langdale (valley)
Monminster (monastery)
Olchester
Queensgate (on a road)
Richfield
Tunstead
Ukney (island)
Villhurst (wooded hill)
Whelworth (mine)
EXley-on-Sea (on the coast)
Yulecombe (valley)
Zaywick (bay)
Obviously I had to stretch a bit for the less common letters. So, Brits, or any knowledgeable types, do they sound right? Do some sound too big to be little villages, more like towns? Do some sound too new to be medieval? Some more famous than I realize or just distracting for other reasons?
Not British, but Pendle is pretty famous. Google "Pendle witches".
ReplyDeleteThat is, I am not British.
DeleteAlso not British, but the Battle of Stamford Bridge is relatively famous.
ReplyDeleteBradford, Corby, Eastbourne, Howe, Natwich and Stamford are all real places. Stamford is lovely, look it up. Eastbourne is a seaside town famous for having a large population of elderly retirees. I am British. (sorry Nantwich is real, not Natwich)
ReplyDeleteKeld is also real. I've been there. Tiny place in the Yorkshire Dales.
ReplyDeleteThanks a bunch, folks. Yeah most of them are real place names. My strategy changed to making them up somewhere after struggling with one of the less common letters.
ReplyDeleteBeing real isn't necessarily bad (can't get more authentic than that) but I certainly don't want something big enough or known enough to be a distraction "And you've reached the beautiful village of Hollywood."
I'll try to make a simple little name generating chart next. There seem to be a ton online but a) they don't show their work and b) often come up with goofy/cheesy results. Goofy isn't necessarily bad either, but not what I'm shooting for right now.
I just open up an atlas and look for town names of the appropriate culture.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great strategy. Want to pick a culture and make a list of 26?
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