List of locations in Sri Lanka with an English name
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This is a list of places in Sri Lanka with an English name – i.e. names that were originally placenames in England later applied in Sri Lanka by English emigrants and explorers.
Places where the corresponding place name in England is well known
[edit]- Abbotsleigh
- Adisham
- Alton
- Atherton
- Beaconsfield
- Blackpool
- Brampton
- Brookside
- Bray
- Carlabeck
- Chelsea
- Dalhousie
- Devon
- Drayton
- Great Western
- Hadley
- Harrow
- Hatherleigh
- Hatton – named after Hatton Garden[1]
- Hayes
- Horton Plains
- Hopton
- Highforest
- Hythe
- Ingestre
- Kenilworth
- King's Lynn
- Kirkoswald
- Marlborough
- Middleton
- Norton
- Norwood
- Orwell
- Preston
- Rushbrook
- Rye
- Sherwood
- Somerset
- Springwood
- Stafford
- Stubbs
- Upcot
- Usk Valley
- Wavenden
- Waverly
- Westhall
- Westward Ho
- Wigton
References
[edit]- ^ Gunawardena, Cyril Chandrasekara (2008). Jam Gasa Yata Gedara (in Sinhala) (1st ed.). Nugegoda: Sarasavi Publishers. p. 247. ISBN 978-955-573-725-8. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
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