English Explanatory Dictionary

Ampthill

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0337).

Word forms

Ampthill

Etymology

Mentioned as Ammetelle in the Domesday Book, this placename derives from Old English ǣmethyll (“anthill”), probably because this site was once infested by ants.

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