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From: Roy Stockdill <>
Subject: [WRY] Meaning of "cum"
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 05:54:38 -0400


IT simply means "combined with" (Latin) and is used to signify two places
so close together they are often treated as one.

Original message.....

>>In many place names in England is use of the word, cum, such as Ossett
cum
Gawthorpe. What does that signify? Appreciate your help.<<

Roy Stockdill
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