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A Sunderland Echo look at the origins of Shiney Row, Witherwack, Penshaw, Hetton and more.
Transcript
00:00Have you ever wondered, where did my village or town get its name from?
00:06We have some of the answers for you, in a look at locations from Sunderland and Durham.
00:13Cleden comes from Cliffordon, the hill with the slope. Durham used to be Dunholm or Hill
00:19Island. And Hetton comes from Hephardoon, meaning Bramble Hill.
00:27Penshaw originates from the Cumbrian word pen, meaning hill or ridge, and the Saxon
00:32word shaw, for a wood or thicket.
00:36Shiny Row is thought to originate from the Old English term Sien Roo, which means a beautiful
00:43row of trees.
00:45And Silksworth originates from a man called Sigillac, who owned an enclosure.
00:53We hope you enjoyed our Sunderland Echo archive trip back in time.

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