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My daughter has bought a house in GLEADSMOSS Close in Derby. Is it pronounced " GLEEDSmoss " or " GLEDsmoss " |
Travel Info I think the road is named after Gleadsmoss in Cheshire as some of the other streets in the area are places in the Cheshire area. Travel Tips At the same time era as we see Gledehul written and recorded, Glead Hill, Yorkshire and Lancashire, Gleadsmoss Cheshire, and Gleadless, Sheffield area, also existed. It's from the same Teutonic Germanic language source, referenced here as a beginning for 鈥楪ledhill鈥?with the same 鈥榟appy鈥?meaning. Indeed, any Glead base is and was always spoken as 鈥楪leed鈥? and not the short pronunciation historically known to be associated with 鈥楪ledhill鈥? which does match 鈥楪leoda鈥? and Glayadder鈥? Proof for this 鈥榚eed鈥?can be offered by the still standing Saxon Church of St. Mary, at the village of Lead near Saxton, North Yorkshire, destroyed in the Black Death leaving the stone church, always known as 鈥楲eed鈥? not a short 鈥楲edd鈥? and all the other 鈥榞leads鈥?which still have and use the long sound. Any 鈥楪lead鈥? pronounced gleed, may well be quite separate issues. Also NO settlement or known population existed on Glead Hills, (Yorkshire or Lancashire) or at Gleadsmoss, Cheshire. The conclusion is then that it is pronounced GLEEDSmoss, from this article by Peter Gledhill. My BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names confirms his statements, for Gleadless and Gleadthorpe Grange. Others Because of the "a" following the "e", it is obviously pronounced "GLEED". |
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