{"id":10481,"date":"2012-03-27T17:39:25","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T22:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=10481"},"modified":"2021-12-10T07:58:08","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T12:58:08","slug":"what-le-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/what-le-what\/","title":{"rendered":"What-le-What?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I ponder the intricacies of maps, just staring at various corners of the world for no particular reason. I think that&#8217;s fairly typical for much of the 12MC crowd although maybe not completely understood by the public at large. That&#8217;s their loss. How else would I find an odd conglomeration of LE towns in the County of Tyne and Wear and County Durham in northeast England?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are place names with &#8220;le&#8221; inserted within them, offset by hyphens. It&#8217;s probably easier to demonstrate the phenomenon by showing the instances I first encountered in Tyne and Wear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m24!1m8!1m3!1d36769.21849669476!2d-1.462003!3d54.831347!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!4m13!3e0!4m5!1s0x487e62514c108e2f%3A0x2c65c2434e4224c9!2sHetton-le-Hole%2C%20United%20Kingdom!3m2!1d54.827971!2d-1.4542979999999999!4m5!1s0x487e624363bcb52d%3A0xa7ba20a588beea34!2sHoughton%20le%20Spring%2C%20United%20Kingdom!3m2!1d54.841015999999996!2d-1.468691!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1590585067083!5m2!1sen!2sus\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" aria-hidden=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thank the Romans<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I spotted Hetton-le-Hole and then a moment later, Houghton-le-Spring. How did this happen? It couldn&#8217;t be coincidental, could it? I would expect &#8220;le&#8221; to be used in the manner of what appeared to be a grammatical article in France but it seemed out of place in England. I discovered that it has ancient roots as I researched further, an artifact of Roman times that means &#8220;on the&#8221; or &#8220;in the.&#8221; Somehow it survived through the ages within a small geographic corner of England. Thus my reflexive consideration of French wasn&#8217;t too far off base since it&#8217;s a romance language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t know if the usage extends to other areas of England or beyond (I didn&#8217;t check) but there was a definite cluster within the general vicinity of Newcastle Upon Tyne and Sunderland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hetton-le-Hole<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gordon2208\/4139001744\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/2670\/4139001744_551132be5e_b.jpg\" alt=\"Beamish Colliery Village. Photo by Gordon Ednie; (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Miners Homes originally from Hetton-le-Hole now at the Beamish Colliery Village<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hetton-le-Hole, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hettontowncouncil.gov.uk\/history.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hetton Town Council<\/a>, &#8220;derives from two Anglo-Saxon words, which were spelt together &#8216;Heppedune&#8217; or Bramble Hill.&#8221; it was eventually &#8220;divided into two parts known as Hetton-on-the-Hill and Hetton-in-the-Hole the second and more sheltered part was that in which the village ultimately arose.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Houghton-le-Spring<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/waltjabsco\/8893667275\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/5451\/8893667275_d925768610_b.jpg\" alt=\"The Penshaw Monument. Photo by Walt Jabsco; (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)\"\/><\/a><figcaption>The Penshaw Monument near Houghton-le-Spring<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A mile further north, Houghton-le-Spring also arose, tracing to a settlement from the Norman period. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.houghtonlespring.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Houghton Heritage Society<\/a> noted:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;Houghton-le-Spring takes its name from the Anglo-Saxon &#8220;Hogh&#8221; which means a point of land projected into a plain, and the Old English word &#8220;tun&#8221; which means settlement. Therefore, Houghton can translate to: &#8216;homestead or settlement on the spur of a hill&#8217; which is rather apt when one approaches the town from Houghton Cut.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The Spring appendage is shrouded in history. The Le Spring family served as 14th Century Lords of Houghton so that seemed to be a handy explanation. Others point to evidence that the name derives from a nearby geographic feature; an area of natural springs with waters believed to possess medicinal properties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m sure Houghton-le-Spring has many redeeming features. Those of primary interest to geo-oddity enthusiasts such as myself would include the unusual roundabouts with A690 slipping <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/xxEnLorgcWEGKNCt8\" target=\"_blank\">above<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/3GrJ2W7M81NFHx498\" target=\"_blank\">below<\/a> them. I also spotted an <a href=\"http:\/\/g.co\/maps\/v7k47\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">automobile accident<\/a> [<em>image no longer available<\/em>] that&#8217;s visible in current satellite image. Thankfully it appears to be a minor incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Virtual Road Trip to Several &#8220;le&#8221; Locations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s put that image aside and go on a little road trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m42!1m8!1m3!1d294593.69880704617!2d-1.572408!3d54.770944!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!4m31!3e0!4m5!1s0x487e610b38341d05%3A0x9c84a9d25bd88c40!2sDalton-le-Dale%2C%20Seaham%2C%20UK!3m2!1d54.826071!2d-1.365891!4m5!1s0x487e62514c108e2f%3A0x2c65c2434e4224c9!2sHetton-le-Hole%2C%20United%20Kingdom!3m2!1d54.827971!2d-1.4542979999999999!4m5!1s0x487e624363bcb52d%3A0xa7ba20a588beea34!2sHoughton%20le%20Spring%2C%20United%20Kingdom!3m2!1d54.841015999999996!2d-1.468691!4m5!1s0x487e7934ac00d6a3%3A0xb8212ac93e96072b!2sChester-le-Street%2C%20UK!3m2!1d54.859116099999994!2d-1.5740888!4m5!1s0x487c29631a5c6d21%3A0x79a9fbe781d2faf2!2sWitton-le-Wear%2C%20Bishop%20Auckland%2C%20UK!3m2!1d54.677991999999996!2d-1.7789251!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1590585113773!5m2!1sen!2sus\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" aria-hidden=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s entirely feasible to visit five different LE towns with minimal driving, 40 miles (64 kilometres) in about an hour and a half. I&#8217;ll add that to my list of possibilities should I find myself in northeast England during my future travels. This is also a great opportunity for anyone from the UK portion of audience to be the first to complete the journey and experience an unusual clustering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A third location exists in Tyne and Wear. Chester-le-Street has perhaps the most noteworthy pedigree of the entire bunch. The <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chesterlestreetheritage.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chester-le-Street Heritage Group<\/a> explains that this was once the sight of a Roman fort. It evolved into an important religious center that housed the remains of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuthbert\" target=\"_blank\">St. Cuthbert<\/a>. It was here that a bible was first translated into Old English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, its location left Chester-le-Street vulnerable to Danish raiders. The remains of St. Cuthbert were relocated to Durham in 995 for safety. Thus, Durham rose in prominence while Chester-le-Street faded. I couldn&#8217;t find an exact reason why &#8220;le-Street&#8221; was appended to Chester. There&#8217;s the obvious option, Chester on the Street, however I don&#8217;t know if the appendage had the same meaning originally as it has today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Witton-le-Wear is located in County Durham. Witton seems to derive from a couple of Anglo-Saxon words meaning a farm near a woodland. The &#8220;Wear&#8221; portion refers to the River Wear. That provided a rather descriptive explanation: a farm near a woodland along the River Wear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, once again in County Durham, comes <a href=\"http:\/\/dalton-le-dale.com\/\">Dalton-le-Dale<\/a>. Dale is a familiar term in modern English for a valley, tracing back to old English prior to the Tenth Century. 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