More than 1,500 place names in England have Scandinavian origins: -by →‘farm’ or ‘town’ : Rugby, Whitby, Grimsby -thorpe →‘village’ : Althorpe, Linthorpe -thwaite →‘isolated area’ : Braithwaite, Langthwaite -toft →‘homestead’ : Eastoft, Lowestoft, Sandtoft * Viking Place ...