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Date: 2020-03-27 09:22 am (UTC)Ah, Normans. OK. I knew about Milton but I've always been puzzled as to where the Keynes came from. It seems such an odd addition. The classic place names with the ings and the hams and so forth seem to be well pre-Norman, so that even something as far back as the eleventh century seems jarringly modern. But there must be some of them around.
Leeds is Celtic! Awesome. And unexpected, since I associate it so much with the modernity of industrialisation, but that is no doubt a personal thing. The Kingston part makes more sense of Hull, but I'm sure you're right that the river name is pretty old. I can imagine that rivers might have got their names before settlements did, although in that case, why didn't they all get the same name? We should be all Avons and Ouses and not much else!