This is a list of places in Sri Lanka with an English name – i.e. names that were originally placenames in
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
later applied in
Sri Lanka by
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
emigrants and explorers.
Places where the corresponding place name in England is well known
* Abbotsleigh
* Adisham
* Alton
* Atherton
* Beaconsfield
* Blackpool
* Brampton
* Bray
* Carlabeck
* Chelsea
*
Dalhousie
*
Devon
Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devo ...
* Drayton
* Hadley
* Harrow
* Hatherleigh
*
Hatton
Hatton may refer to:
Places Canada
* Hatton, Saskatchewan
England
* Hatton, Cheshire West and Chester, a former civil parish
* Hatton, Derbyshire
* Hatton, Lincolnshire
* Hatton, London, in the London Borough of Hounslow
* Hatton, Shropshire, a ...
– named after
Hatton Garden
Hatton Garden is a street and commercial zone in the Holborn district of the London Borough of Camden, abutting the narrow precinct of Saffron Hill which then abuts the City of London. It takes its name from Sir Christopher Hatton, a favouri ...
* Hayes
*
Horton Plains
Horton Plains National Park ( si, හෝර්ටන් තැන්න ජාතික උද්යානය, Hortan Thanna Jathika Udyanaya) is a national park in the central highlands of Sri Lanka that was designated in 1988. It is locate ...
* Hopton
* Hythe
* Ingestre
* Kenilworth
* King's Lynn
* Kirkoswald
* Marlborough
* Middleton
* Norton
* Norwood
* Orwell
* Preston
* Rushbrook
* Rye
* Sherwood
* Somerset
* Springwood
* Stafford
* Stubbs
* Usk Valley
* Wavenden
* Waverly
* Westhall
* Westward Ho
* Wigton
References
{{British Ceylon period topics
Sri Lanka
Geography of Sri Lanka
British name
Sri Lanka