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Little London (other)
Little London may refer to the following places: United Kingdom *Little London, Brill, Buckinghamshire *Little London, Oakley, Bucks *Little London, East Sussex *Longhope, Little London, Gloucestershire *Little London, Andover, Hampshire *Little London, Tadley, Hampshire *Little London, Spalding, Lincolnshire *Little London, Stallingborough, Lincolnshire *Little London, Corpusty, Norfolk *Northwold, Little London, Northwold, Norfolk *Little London, Powys, Wales: a hamlet in Llandinam community *Little London, Shropshire *Little London, Somerset, a part of Oakhill *Little London, Suffolk *Albury, Surrey, Little London, Albury, Surrey *Little London, Wendover, Buckinghamshire *Little London, Leeds, West Yorkshire *Little London, West Yorkshire, split between Rawdon, Leeds, and Idle and Thackley, Bradford Other countries *Little London, Jamaica *Londrina ("Londoner" or "Little London"), Paraná, Brazil, named for British entrepreneurs who initiated the settlement *Mali London ("Littl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little London, Brill
Brill is a village and civil parish in west Buckinghamshire, England, close to the border with Oxfordshire. It is about north-west of Long Crendon and south-east of Bicester. At the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 Census, the population of the civil parish was 1,141. Brill has a royal charter to hold a weekly market, but has not done so for many years. Toponymy Brill's name is list of tautological place names, tautological, being a combination of British language (Celtic), Brythonic and Old English language, Anglo Saxon words for 'hill' (Brythonic ''breg'' and Anglo Saxon ''hyll''). The name attracted the attention of J. R. R. Tolkien, who based the Middle-earth village of Bree (Middle-earth), Bree upon it."Bree ... [was] based on Brill ... a place which he knew well": Christopher Tolkien (1988), ''The Return of the Shadow'' (being vol.VI of ''The History of Middle-earth''), ch. 7, p. 131, note 6, Manor The Manorialism, manor of Brill was the administration centre for the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |