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This is a sublist of List of names in English with counterintuitive pronunciations.

Pronunciations for the following common suffixes are regular pronunciations, despite being counterintuitive at first glance: Pronunciation of the following common prefix is variable depending on dialect:
 * -b(o)rough and -burgh – ,
 * -bury – ,
 * -cester –
 * -combe, -coombe, -comb and -cambe – (often). As standalone words always  (including in place names such as Castle Combe and Coombe Bissett)
 * -gh – silent (usually, as 'f' in a considerable minority of northern English place names and in Woughton, Milton Keynes)
 * -ham –
 * -holm(e) – ,
 * -on as first syllable is usually as in London, Coningsby or Tonbridge (see Middle English handwriting preventing 'un' and 'um'); excludes a few such as intuitive Lonsdale
 * -shire –, (rhotic or semi-rhotic r in 'er' as final syllable non-existent in some English dialects such as Kentish and Cockney), (esp. in Yorkshire and Scotland)
 * -wich - ,
 * -wick – '''
 * -mouth –
 * Al- ;

A

 * Aigburth, Liverpool – Egburth
 * Aldeburgh, Suffolk – Allbra
 * Alnwick, Northumberland –, but nearby Alnmouth is usually Annick, Alanmouth
 * Althorp, Northamptonshire – beside intuitive  Alltrup, Allthorp
 * Altrincham, Greater Manchester – Altringam
 * Alresford, Essex – or  Olsford, Ailsford
 * Alresford, Hampshire – or  Olsford, Allsford
 * Alsager, Cheshire – Olsaiger
 * Alverdiscott, Devon – or  Alscot, Allscot


 * Ardingly, West Sussex – Ardinglye
 * Aslackby, Lincolnshire – Aiselby
 * Averham, Nottinghamshire – Airam
 * Aveton Gifford, Devon – Awton Jifford
 * Ayscoughfee Hall, Lincolnshire – Ascafee

B

 * Barham, Kent – Barram
 * Barholm, Lincolnshire – Barram
 * Barnoldswick, Lancashire - local pronunciation is Barlick
 * Barugh, South Yorkshire – Bark
 * Great Barugh and Little Barugh, North Yorkshire – Great Barf and Little Barf
 * Basford (including New Basford and Old Basford), Nottingham – Baisford
 * Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire - Beckonsfield
 * Beauchamp Roding, Essex – Beecham Roding
 * Hatch Beauchamp, Somerset - Hatch Beecham
 * Beauchief, Sheffield – Beechiff
 * Beaudesert, Warwickshire – commonly until recently Belzer
 * Beaulieu, Hampshire –  Bewley
 * Beaminster, Dorset – Bemminster
 * Bellingham, Northumberland –  Bellinjam
 * Belvoir: Belvoir Castle and village, and Vale of Belvoir, Leicestershire –   Beaver
 * Berkeley (all English towns) –  Barkley
 * Berkshire – Barkshire
 * Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland – Berrick
 * Bicester, Oxfordshire –  Bister
 * Bideford, Devon – Biddiford
 * Billericay, Essex – Billerickey
 * Blackley, Greater Manchester – Blakeley
 * Blidworth, Nottinghamshire – Bliddoth
 * Bosham, West Sussex - Bozzam
 * Bozeat, Northamptonshire –   Bowzhat
 * Bradley, West Midlands – Braidley
 * Brant Broughton, Lincolnshire –  Brant Brewton
 * Breaston, Derbyshire – Breeston
 * Brewood, Staffordshire – Brood
 * Bridestowe, West Devon – Bridistow
 * Brougham, Cumbria – Broom
 * Brough, East Riding of Yorkshire – Bruff
 * Browsholme Hall, Lancashire – Broozem Hall
 * Bungay, Suffolk – Bunghey
 * Burgh le Marsh, Lincolnshire – Burra le Marsh
 * Burgh by Sands, Cumbria –  Bruff le Sands
 * Bylaugh, Norfolk - Beela

C

 * Caldmore, West Midlands – Cahmer
 * Cambois, Northumberland –  Cammas
 * Cambridge –  Caimbridge
 * Caterham, Surrey – Caiterham, Caitram
 * River Cherwell, river – River Charwell
 * Cheshunt, Hertfordshire – Chezzunt
 * Cheylesmore, Coventry – Chaalsmore
 * Chideock, Dorset – Chiddock
 * Cholmondeley, Cheshire –  Chumley
 * Cholmondeston, Cheshire –  Chumston
 * Chop Gate, North Yorkshire - Chop Yat
 * Cirencester, Gloucestershire – now usually but traditionally  Cirencester, Cissiter
 * Claughton, Lancashire – Clafton
 * Claughton on Brock, Lancashire – Clighton on Brock
 * Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire – Clibbury
 * Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk – alongside intuitive  Clye-next-the-Sea
 * Cogenhoe, Northamptonshire –   Cooknoe
 * Colerne, Wiltshire - Cullern
 * Coleshill, Warwickshire –   or  Cozel or Cozil
 * Colney Hatch, Greater London –   Coney Hatch
 * Congresbury, Somerset –   Congsbry
 * Costessey, Norfolk – Cossey
 * Cowbit, Lincolnshire – Cubbit
 * Cowden, Kent - - unusual secondary stress Cowdenn
 * Cowpen, Northumberland – Coopen
 * Cradley and Cradley Heath, West Midlands – Craidley and Craidley Heath
 * Croxton Kerrial, Leicestershire - Crowsen Kerril
 * Cruwys Morchard, Devon – Crews Morchard
 * Cuckfield, Sussex –  Cookfield
 * Cudworth, South Yorkshire – Cooderth

D

 * Darwen and Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire – Darwin
 * Daventry, Northamptonshire – now usually but traditionally  Daventry, Daintry
 * De Beauvoir Town, London - De Beaver Town
 * Derby, Derbyshire – Darby
 * Devon (county) – ; but Devon (river in Nottinghamshire) – Deevon
 * Didcot, Oxfordshire –  Didcut
 * Dodworth, South Yorkshire – Doddorth
 * Durham – Durram

E

 * Edensor, Derbyshire – Enzer
 * Edenham, Lincolnshire –    Ednam
 * Elham, Kent – Ealam
 * Elsecar, South Yorkshire – Elsicar
 * Ely, Cambridgeshire – Ealy
 * Esher, Surrey – Easher
 * Eton, Berkshire – Eaton
 * Euxton, Lancashire – Exton
 * Ewell, Surrey – Yule
 * Eyam, Derbyshire – Eam
 * Eynsham, Oxfordshire – Ensham

F

 * Farcet, Huntingdonshire/Cambridgeshire – Fasset
 * Flitwick, Bedfordshire – Flittick
 * Foleshill, Coventry –   or  Fowsel, Fowsil
 * Folkingham, Lincolnshire – Fockingham
 * Fowey, Cornwall –  Foye
 * Frithsden, Hertfordshire – Frisden
 * Frome, Somerset and the rivers Frome in Dorset, Somerset and South Gloucestershire – Froome

G

 * Gateacre, Liverpool – Gattaker
 * Gillingham, Dorset – ; but Gillingham, Kent – ) Gillingham, Jillingham
 * Gloucester – Gloster
 * Godmanchester, Cambridgeshire – now usually  but traditionally  Gumster
 * Gotham, Nottinghamshire – Goatam
 * Greenwich, Greater London – Grennitch
 * Greysouthen, Cumbria – Greysoon
 * Groby, Leicestershire – Grooby
 * Guildford, Surrey – Guilford
 * Guisborough, Redcar and Cleveland - Guisbra

H

 * Happisburgh, Norfolk – Haisbra
 * Lower Hardres and Upper Hardres, Kent – Hardes
 * Harewood House, West Yorkshire, –  Harwood
 * Haverholme, Lincolnshire – Havram
 * Little Hautbois, Norfolk – Hobbis
 * Haverhill, Suffolk – Havril
 * Heather, Leicestershire – Heether
 * Herstmonceux, East Sussex – or  Hersmonzoo, Hersmonsoo
 * Hessle, East Riding of Yorkshire – Hezzle
 * High Wycombe see Wycombe below.
 * Holborn, London – (intuitive also heard) Hoebern
 * Holnicote, Somerset – Hunnicot
 * Holywell, Lincolnshire – Holliwell
 * Hough-on-the-Hill, Lincolnshire – Hoff-on-the-Hill
 * Hougham, Lincolnshire – Hoffam
 * Houghton-le-Spring – Hoton-le-Spring
 * Hunstanton, Norfolk – (intuitive also heard) Hunston

I

 * Ide, Devon – Ede
 * Isleworth, Greater London – Izelworth
 * Islip, Northamptonshire - Eyeslip
 * Iwerne Minster, Dorset – Yewern Minster

J

 * Jervaulx as in Jervaulx Abbey, North Yorkshire – Zhervoe

K

 * Keadby, Lincolnshire – Kidby
 * Keighley, West Yorkshire – Keithley
 * Keynsham, Wiltshire – Kaynsham


 * Kirkby, Merseyside – Kirby

L

 * Laughton, Lincolnshire – Louton
 * Launceston, Cornwall – or   Launston, Lanceton
 * Leamington Spa, Warwickshire – Lemmington Spa
 * Leasingham, Lincolnshire – Lezzingham
 * Leicester – Lester
 * Leigh, Kent and Surrey – Lye
 * Leominster, Herefordshire –  Lemster
 * Liskeard, Cornwall – Liskard
 * Loose, Kent – Luze
 * Lostwithiel, Cornwall – Loswithial
 * Loughborough, Leicestershire – Luffbra
 * Lover, Wiltshire, – Lohver
 * Ludgvan, Cornwall – Ludgen
 * Luxulyan, Cornwall – alongside intuitive  Luxilian
 * Lympne, Kent – Limm

Map of counterintuitive places within London
This is a sublist of List of names in English with counterintuitive pronunciations.

M

 * Magdalen Hill, Winchester, Hampshire – Maun Hill
 * Manea, Cambridgeshire - Mainey
 * Marholm, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire – Marram
 * Marlborough, Wiltshire – Maulbrough
 * Marske, Redcar and Cleveland - Mask
 * Marylebone, London –, or  Marleybon or Marrilibon
 * Masham, North Yorkshire – Massam
 * Meols:
 * Meols, the Wirral, Merseyside – Mels
 * Meols Cop, Southport – Meels Cop
 * Meopham, Kent – Meppham
 * Mildenhall, Wiltshire – besides intuitive Muldenhall
 * Mousehole, Cornwall – Mouzel
 * Mow Cop, Staffordshire – Mowe Cop
 * Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire – Myethemroyd

N

 * River Nene, Northamptonshire – (intuitive  also heard) River Nen
 * Norwich, Norfolk –  Norridge

O

 * Olney, Buckinghamshire – (local pronunciation);  Awney
 * Osbournby, Lincolnshire – Ozzenby
 * Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire – (local pronunciation);  Ozzaltwizzle
 * Ovingham, Northumberland – Ovinjam

P

 * Pall Mall, London – Pal Mal
 * Plaistow:
 * Plaistow, Greater London – Plahstow
 * Plaistow, West Sussex – as above
 * Plymouth, Devon – as in early colony of today's USA of Plymouth, Massachusetts Plimmouth
 * Ponteland, Northumberland – Pontealand
 * Portesham, Dorset – (old-fashioned), currently  or  Possam, Portisham, Portsam
 * Postwick, Norfolk – Pauzick
 * Poxwell, Dorset – (as in Pokesdown in the same county) Pokeswell
 * Prideaux Castle, Cornwall – Pridducks Castle
 * Prinknash, Gloucestershire – Prinnish
 * Prudhoe, Northumberland - Prudda
 * Puncknowle, Dorset – Punnel

Q

 * Quadring, Lincolnshire - Quaidring
 * Quernmore, Lancashire - Quormer

R

 * Rainworth, Nottinghamshire – Rennoth
 * Rampisham, Dorset - Ransom
 * Ratlinghope, Shropshire – Ratchup
 * Reading, Berkshire – Redding
 * Rievaulx, North Yorkshire – (unusual equivalent to the French pronunciation) Reevoe
 * Ruislip, Greater London – Ryeslip

S

 * St Ives, Cornwall – Sant Eve
 * St Teath, Cornwall – Sant Teth
 * Salisbury, Wiltshire –, Solsbry
 * Salle, Norfolk – Saul
 * Sandwich, Kent -, (as in food item named after its Earl) Sandwich, Sandwidge
 * Seighford, Staffordshire – Syeford
 * Shrewsbury, Shropshire – or  Shroesbry, Shrewsbry
 * Shaftesbury, Dorset (and the associated earldom) – ,or  Shaftsbry, Shaffsbry
 * Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire – pronunciation varies, Slawwit, Slathwit
 * Slaugham, West Sussex - Slaffam
 * Snowshill, Gloucestershire – or  Snowsel, Snozzel
 * South Elmsall, West Yorkshire –  South Emsal
 * Southwark, Greater London – Suthark
 * Southwell, Nottinghamshire – or intuitively. Suthel
 * Sowerby and Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire - (though Sowerby, North Yorkshire intuitively ) Sawby, Sawby Bridge
 * Sproxton, Leicestershire – Sproesen
 * Staithes, North Yorkshire – locally Steers
 * Stawell, Somerset – Stoll
 * Steyning, West Sussex – ; Stenning
 * Stiffkey, Norfolk – or intuitively  Stewkey, Stiffkey
 * Stivichall or Styvechale, Coventry – Styechel
 * Stockingford, Warwickshire – or  (final emphasis) Stockingforde
 * Streatham, London – Strettam
 * Stroxton, Lincolnshire –  Strawson

T

 * Tacolneston, Norfolk – Tackleston
 * Teignmouth, Devon – Tinmouth
 * Teston, Kent – Teeson
 * Thame, Oxfordshire, and River Thame – Tame
 * River Thames and all names derived from it –  Tems
 * Theobald's Road, London – now usually intuitive but traditionally  Tibald's Road
 * Threekingham, Lincolnshire – Threckingam
 * Tideswell, Derbyshire –  Tidsel
 * Tintwistle, Derbyshire – Tinsel
 * Todmorden, West Yorkshire – . Toddmodon
 * Torpenhow, Cumbria – locally or an intuitive  Trepenna, Torpenhow


 * Towcester, Northants – Toester
 * Trewoon, Cornwall – Trewon
 * Trottiscliffe, Kent – Trozley

U

 * Ulgham, Northumberland –  Uffam
 * Uttoxeter, Staffordshire –  (only British town commencing with /juː/ sound) Yutoxeter

V

 * Vauxhall, London –  Voxaul

W

 * Warwick (and -shire) – Worrick
 * Wavertree, Lancashire – mostly obsolete Wautry
 * Little Weighton and Market Weighton, East Riding of Yorkshire – Little Weeton, Market Weeton
 * Welwyn (and its Garden City), Hertfordshire – Wellyn
 * Wesham, Lancashire -  Wessam
 * Whittingham, Northumberland – Whittinjam
 * Widecombe, Devon – Widdicombe
 * Wisbech, Cambridgeshire – Wisbeach
 * Witham, Essex – Wittam
 * Wombwell, South Yorkshire - Woomwell
 * East Woodhay and West Woodhay – East and West Woodey
 * Woolfardisworthy, Devon – or  Woolsey, Woolserey
 * Worcester (and -shire) – Wooster
 * Worstead, Norfolk - Woosted
 * Wressle, East Riding of Yorkshire – Rezzle
 * Wrotham, Kent – Wruetam
 * Wroughton, Wiltshire – Wrauton
 * Wybunbury, Cheshire – Winbury
 * Wycombe, (High) and (West), Buckinghamshire – Wyccombe
 * Wymondham, Norfolk – Wyndham

Y

 * Yeavering, Northumberland –  Yevvering
 * Yeaton, Shropshire – Yetton

Z

 * Zouch, Nottinghamshire – Zotch
 * Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire – (unusual equivalent to the French pronunciation) Ashby de la Zoosh

Notes and references



 * Anstruther (Ànsruthair), Fife – beside intuitive  Ainster, Anstruther
 * Athelstaneford, East Lothian ('Atholstanefuird') – or  Athelstaneford, Ailsenford
 * Auchinleck, Ayrshire ('Achadh nan Leac') – or intuitively  or  Affleck, Aukinleck, Ochinleck
 * Avoch, Highland ('Abhach') – Auch
 * River Avon, Aberdeenshire ('Abhainn Athfhinn') - River Ahn
 * Culross, Fife ('Cuileann Ros') – Cuaros
 * Culzean Castle, Ayrshire ('Cullain') – Cullaine Castle
 * Dounreay, Highland ('Dùnrath') - Doonray
 * Findochty, Moray ('Am Fionn Ochdamh') – Finnochty
 * Friockheim, Angus (Fraoch-heim) – Freekam
 * Garioch, Aberdeenshire ('Gaibheach') – Geerie
 * Gigha, Argyll and Bute (Giogha) – Geea
 * Glamis, Argyll and Bute – Glaams
 * Glenzier, Dumfries and Galloway – Glinger
 * Grandtully, Perthshire – Grantly
 * Gullane, East Lothian ('Gualainn') – Gillan
 * Hawick, Scottish Borders (Hamhaig) – alongside partly intuitive  Hoik, Hauick
 * Islay, island of the Inner Hebrides (Ìle) – Eyela
 * Jarlshof, Shetland – (same as Danish and Norwegian) Yarlshof
 * Kilchurn Castle, Killern
 * Kilconquhar, Fife ('Cill Conchad') – Kinyeuchar
 * Kilncadzow, South Lanarkshire, Scotland – Kilcaygay
 * Kingussie, Highland ('Ceann a' Ghiùthsaich') – Kingyewcie
 * Kirkcaldy, Fife (Cair Chaladain) – Kircawdy
 * Kirkcudbright, Galloway (Cille Chuithbeirt) – or  Kircoobry
 * Milngavie, Dunbartonshire (Muileann Dhaibhidh) – Mulgeye
 * Loch Muick, Aberdeenshire – Loch Mick
 * Moray, Morayshire – Murry
 * Penicuik, Midlothian – Penicook
 * Peterculter, Aberdeenshire -, usually shortened to Culter (pronounced similarly) but note that the nearby town of Cults, Aberdeen is pronounced straightforwardly Petercooter
 * Ravenstruther, Lanarkshire – or  Renstry, Rainstry
 * Ruthven, Aberdeenshire – Riven
 * Sanquhar, Dumfries and Galloway (Seanchair) – Sanker
 * Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow – Suchiehall
 * Scone, Perthshire – Scoone
 * Strathaven, South Lanarkshire – Straiven
 * River Teviot, Scottish Borders, and all names derived from it – Teeviot
 * Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire – Tillicootry
 * Udny, Aberdeenshire - Widney
 * Wemyss Bay, Inverclyde – Weems Bay