londonist.com Blackfriars Following its recent revamp, Blackfriars has become the only station to span the Thames, with entrances on both banks. It's named for a priory of the Dominican order, established at the foot of Ludgate Hill in 127…

londonist.com Other large parks Wormwood Scrubs This peculiar west London place name was formerly known as Wormholt Scrubs. 'Scrubs' denotes scrappy semi-wooded land. Worm comes from 'wyrm', the olden-times name for a snake, while 'holt' i…

londonist.com Other large parks Woolwich Common Woolwich is yet another Anglo-Saxon place name, thought to mean the trading place for wool. ↓↓↓ ◆まずは単語の意味がわからないままに訳す ウールウイッチ・コモン ウールウイッチはまだ別のアングロ…

The Anglo-Saxons were a cultural group who inhabited Great Britain from the 5th century. They comprise people from Germanic tribes who migrated to the island from continental Europe, their descendants, and indigenous British groups who ado…

◆書きたい内容 アングロ・サクソン 5世紀ごろ、民族大移動でドイツの北西部からブリテン島に移住したアングル人とサクソン人の総称。現在の英国民の根幹をなす。 ↓↓↓ ◆まずは知らない単語を調べる 民族大移動 migration 移住 migration、emigration 総称 a g…

londonist.com Other large parks Wimbledon Common The suffix 'don' usually denotes a hill. Wimbledon occupies quite a large one. The name is first recorded as Wunemannedunne in 950 AD, indicating a hill owned by a guy called Winebeald, or s…