Learning the Landscape through Language: Shropshire Place-Names and Childhood Education Teacher and Educator Training days: Bishop’s Castle and Shrewsbury https://www.learningthroughlanguage.co.uk/competition https://www.learningth roughlanguage.co.uk/d ownloadable-resources ‘clearing by a Melverley mill-ford’ Mytton Anglo-Saxons and ‘river junction Montford the River Severn settlement’ Bridge Emstrey Shrewsbury ‘bridge by the ford where people gather’ Atcham ‘Fortified place Buildwas of the scrubland’ ‘place that floods and drains rapidly’ ‘Minster church on an island’ ‘Eata’s land in Colemore ‘cool moor’ a river-bend’ Green Melverley Welcome to Bridgnorth Melverley! You have ‘north bridge’ Danesford been completely Quatford distracted by the new ‘hidden ford’ mill there. Miss one turn. ‘ford in a district called Cwatt’ ‘clearing by a Melverley mill-ford’ Mytton Anglo-Saxons and ‘river junction Montford the River Severn settlement’ Bridge Emstrey Shrewsbury ‘bridge by the ford where people gather’ Atcham ‘Fortified place Buildwas of the scrubland’ ‘place that floods and drains rapidly’ ‘Minster church on an island’ ‘Eata’s land in Colemore Green ‘cool moor’ a river-bend’ Mytton Oh dear! Although you Bridgnorth know that Mytton means ‘north bridge’ ‘river junction settlement’, Danesford Quatford you’ve taken the wrong ‘hidden ford’ turn onto the River Perry! Go back to Montford Bridge. ‘ford in a district called Cwatt’ ‘clearing by a Melverley mill-ford’ Mytton Anglo-Saxons and ‘river junction Montford the River Severn settlement’ Bridge Emstrey Shrewsbury ‘bridge by the ford where people gather’ Atcham ‘Fortified place Buildwas of the scrubland’ ‘place that floods and drains rapidly’ ‘Minster church on an island’ ‘Eata’s land in Colemore ‘cool moor’ a river-bend’ Buildwas Green Ooh! The ‘was’ part of Buildwas means Bridgnorth ‘flood’. Throw the dice ‘north bridge’ Danesford again. If you get 1-3, Quatford you’re capsized, go ‘hidden ford’ back one. If you throw 4-6, your boat speeds on to Colemore Green. ‘ford in a district called Cwatt’ ‘clearing by a Melverley mill-ford’ Mytton Anglo-Saxons and ‘river junction Montford the River Severn settlement’ Bridge Emstrey Shrewsbury ‘bridge by the ford where people gather’ Atcham ‘Fortified place Buildwas of the scrubland’ ‘place that floods and drains rapidly’ ‘Minster church on an island’ ‘Eata’s land in Colemore ‘cool moor’ a river-bend’ Danesford Green Oh calamity! Danesford means ‘hidden ford’ and Bridgnorth you are lost. Ask another ‘north bridge’ Danesford team if they will tell you Quatford where the ford is. If they ‘hidden ford’ do, go on to Quatford. If not, it’s back to Bridgnorth for you! ‘ford in a district called Cwatt’ Shropshire’s New Norman Knights Games Cheswardine shoplatch Tuthills https://www.learningthroughlanguage.c o.uk/children-s-guide-to-place-names Wooffley PN Sh 8, 140 Buxton PN Sh 9, 130 Learning the Landscape through Language: https://www.learningthroughlanguage.co.uk/ Shropshire Place-Names and Childhood Education • More than 1,750 users • 390+ downloads • Over 8,000 page views From almost 30 countries.