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When the Saxons conquered Southern England,we still keep the names, West Saxons=Wessex South Saxons=Sussex East Saxons=Essex The ones in the middle ,jep you guessed it Middlesex. When the Wessex kings began to organise themselves they had self regulating districts around tribal centres.(around the 8th century).These were called Scirs. In each Scir was a representative of the King called a Reeve. From this,Scirs became Shires The Scir Reeves became Sheriffs(still a word for policeman in the US I believe.) The ford one is easy Ford=a river crossing. All the villages around where I live end with 'den' This means woodland or swine pasture. Tenderden was the swine pasture or 'denn' of Tenetwaru (from Thanet) In the year 1179 it was called Tentwardene which has corrupted into Tenterden. Fascinating isn't it.I love this sort of thing.There are loads more.Give me a placename. Troy
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