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Londonderry is a village near the Yorkshire Dales, England situated 4 miles (6 kilometres) south-east of Bedale, almost on the A1 road. [1] It was part of the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire and is in the historic North Riding of Yorkshire .
Londonderry London + Daire: oak grove Mullennan Muilean: mill Pennyburn Either named after Pen y Bryn or (Irish/Scots) Pingine + (Scots) burn top of the hill or penny large stream/small river: Shantallow Sean Talamh: old land Sheriffs Mountain Springhill Springtown Termonbacca Tearmainn Bacach: sanctuary of lames/cripples
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This is a list of cities, towns, villages, parishes and hamlets in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. See the list of places in Northern Ireland for places in other counties. Towns are listed in bold .
The NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) defines a town as having a population of 4,500 or more. Settlements of 2,250 to 4,500 people are defined as intermediate settlements, villages are defined as having populations of 1,000 to 2,250 people and small villages and hamlets are defined as having less than 1,000 people (ref: Report of the Inter-Departmental Urban-Rural Definition Group ...
Foreglen (Irish: An Forghleann, "The Outer Glenn") is a village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. [1] Around 1900 it was known as Ballymoney (not to be confused with the County Antrim town of Ballymoney).
The place name Derry is an anglicisation of the Old Irish Daire [8] (Modern Irish Doire [9]), meaning "oak-grove" or "oak-wood". [10]As with the city, its name is subject to the Derry/Londonderry name dispute, with the form "Londonderry" generally preferred by unionists and "Derry" by nationalists.