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Extract from Domesday Book

Little Domesday Book - XXXVIIII Lands of Ranulf, Brother of Ilger, Hundred of Carlford In Waldringfield Beorhtmaer, a Free man, held TRE: a carucate of land as a manor and 1 bordar. Then 2 ploughs, now 1: mill. Then 1 horse. Then 100 sheep, now 27. Then it was worth 20s. now 10s. It is 6 furlongs long and 3…
alyson
January 7, 2008
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Minor changes to text below.   "High marks in the competition of curious local mispronunciations of place names may fairly be claimed for the case of Waldringfield, near Ipswich. If you do in Suffolk as the Suffolkers do, you must call it "Wunuerf'l,"which is also their pronunciation of "wonderful," a favourite Suffolk word". - Pronunciation, according to the Ipswich Evening…
alyson
December 9, 2007