geography-what is the original function of old harlow,england?
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From Wikipedia:\n\nThe name appears to derive from the Saxon here meaning army and hlaw meaning hill that was the meeting point of the local Saxon tribe. The village was noted later in Magna Carta and developed as a typical rural area.\n\nHope that's "original" enough!\n\nYour best bet for more detail is the Museum of Harlow ( http://www.tmoh.com ) but there's little available online - you'll need to go there.
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at that time most families and communities were self sustaining, and the need to move outside of a village or farm/small holding was not there. only once there was industrialisation, starting primarily in uk with the industrial revolution, did large scale migration from rural areas into newly developing towns begin. this was to take advantage of jobs and to increase wealth etc. there wasnt transport available either so most people probably stayed very close to wherever it was they were born.
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Barnham is an old English market town in Sussex that is mentioned in the Doomsday book. It's history goes back even further than that, and is said to stretch to Neolithic times..and was a subject of channel 4's 'time team'\n\n\nCheck the site linked for much much more information...
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Where's the function?
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they were based out of Ternhill, Shropshire. Hope it helps.
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1.5 Why England. not Saxonland? \n\nIf the Angles established themselves in one half of the country and the Saxons in the other, why did the name of the modern country derive from the former rather than the latter? The historical evidence, though meagre, does not suggest that the Angles were any more numerous than the Saxons, or had greater military successes. Why, then, is the country called England, and not Saxonland, Sax land, or some other such form? It is a puzzle, but we can make some guesses. \nThe original use of the name Angli (for the people) and Anglia (for the country) is found in Latin writers during the seventh century, but only with reference to the Angles (as opposed to the Saxons and Jutes). A king of Kent, AEthelbert, is called rex Anglorum -'king of the Angles'. Angl- is later found in Old English as both Angel- and Engl-. In the Alfredian translation of Bede (Book IV, Chapter 26), for example, we find the phrase on Engla lande, translating Latin in regione Anglorum, which meant 'in the Country of the Angles'. Bede never used Anglia for the country as a whole: his name for it was Brittania or Britannia {'Britain'). \nThere was one context, however, where the early Latin writers did give the Angl- element prominence. This was in the phrase Angli Saxones, used at least from the eighth century to mean the 'English Saxons' (of Britain) as opposed to the 'Old Saxons' (of the Continent). A long time afterwards, as the historical facts began to blur in the popular mind, Anglo-Saxons came to be interpreted as' Angles and Saxons', the combined Germanic people of Britain, which is how the term is used today. But in the eighth century Angl- did not have this sense. Rather, it was the crucial, contrastive element in the phrase -the English Saxons, as opposed to other kinds. Issues of identity being so important, perhaps it was this prominence which fixed Angl- in the intuitions of the people, as a label for the people as a whole? \nWhatever the reason, we can see the name broadening its meaning in the ninth century. The Old English translation of Bede uses the term Angelcynn {literally, 'race of the Angles', Bede's gens Anglorum) to refer to all the Germanic peoples. The adjective English makes its first appearance at that time, too, - long predating the name England. In a treaty made between Alfred and the Dane Guthrum (c. 880) we see English opposed to Danish, and it plainly refers to all of the non-Danish population, not just the Angles. Also, at around the same time, English is used for the language: the translation of Bede at one point {Book Ill, Chapter 19) talks about a monastery nemned on Englisc ('called in English') Cneoferisburh, and A!fred quite often uses the name in this way. \nIt took over a century before we find the phrase Engla lande referring to the whole country, by the writers of the eleventh-century Chronicle. There was then a long period of varied usage, and we find such forms as Engle land, Englene londe, Engle lond, Engelond, and Ingland. The spelling England emerged in the fourteenth century, and soon after became established as the norm.
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OK, first geography is NOT geology *sigh*\n\nLook up carbon dating; you can either tell by the degradation of carbon or by basic layering (what's on the bottom is older than what's on the top).
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"Back in the day", street names were often just given based on where the road went.  If the road went to London, it was called London Road.  If the road was the main street in the town, it was called Main Street.\n\nNowadays, property developers normally include street name proposals in the plans they put forward to the local councils for approval and planning permission
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if you search on yahoo maps or mapquest, you can put in the place and it will bring up examples of what/where it may be. \n\nIt is very helpful. \n\ngood luck.
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This was thoroughly and exhaustively researched by a Canadian couple, 2 years ago - (whose interests included schools as well as general quality of life /work/amenities etc.  They came up with the answer: COLCHESTER Essex.  They DID move there - and were very happy with their choice.  (No, I don't live in Colchester!)
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england..plain and simple..
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Geography. I am much more curious about it now.
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click on the links, maybe you'll find what you need\n\nhttp://geography.about.com/library/maps/blusva.htm
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The European people escaped the old country to the land of the great wilderness to become colonists in order to avoid endentured servitude, oppression, and persecution.  As the hand of mighty England reached across the waters into the new land of the colonies, they forced the same tyranny upon the people of the colonies that they had previously faced in the old country of England.  Then, as taxations and other tariffs were forced upon the colonists, the pressure built until it exploded.  With a militia force that was knowledged of the way of the land, they were able to conquer the mighty and arrogant English into submission.
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See in\nhttp://br.search.yahoo.com/search?p=%22Post+Modern+Geography%22+definition&ei=UTF-8&fr=slv1-adbe&fl=0&x=wrt&meta=all%3D1
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I had a day off last week and my other half took me to Harlow Hertfodshire to the secret nuclear bunker Kelvedon Hatch. it was a great day out and i have told everyone i know about it ( so maybe its not quite so secret any more)  It is a bunker made for during the cold war or threat of nuclear attack last used in 1994. completley hidden you would never know it was there. Check out the web site www.secretnuclearbunker.co.uk.really interesting day.  ENJOY
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The site is at Priory Crescent (A1159), Southend-on-Sea, Essex (next to the railway line). Get the train to Prittlewell station. We're just a few minutes walk from there. See the map on the Camp Bling website. The train from London takes less than an hour and leaves from Liverpool Street.