Although several examples are included in the list below, pronunciations for the following suffixes may be considered regular:
• -burgh — /-b(ɜ)rə/; (-bûr ə, -brə) ʰ • -bury — /-b(ɜ)ri/; (-bûr ē, -brē) ʰ • -cester — /-st /ə ; (-stər) • -ham — /- m/ə ; (-əm) • -shire — /- ʃ(ɪ)ə/; (-shər, -shîr) • -wick — /-ɪk/; (-ĭk) • -mouth — /-m /əθ ; (-məth)
[edit] A
• Ahoghill, County Antrim — /æ'hɒhɪl/ or /æ'hɒxɪl/; (ă-hŏʰhĭl ) or (ă-ʰ hŏʰKHĭl ) ʰ
• Aigburth, Liverpool — /ˈɛgbɜθ/; (ĕgʰbûrth ) ʰ
• Alcester, Warwickshire — /ˈɒlstə/, /ˈɔːlstə/; (ŏls tər, ôls tər) ʰ ʰ • All esley, Coventry - /ˈɔːlzli/; (ôlz lē) ʰ
• Aldeburgh, Suffolk — /ˈɔːlbrə/; (ôl brə) ʰ • Alnwick, Northumberland — / ænˈ ɪk/; (ă nĭk) ʰ
• Althorp, Northamptonshire — /ˈɔːltrʌp/; (ôlʰtrŏp ) ʰ
• Altrincham, Greater Manchester — /ˈɒltrɪŋəm/; (ŏlʰtrĭng əm) ʰ • Alverdiscott, Devon - /ɒl'skɒt/
• Auchinleck, Ayrshire — / æflˈ ɛk/; (ăfʰlĕk) • Averham, Nottinghamshire — /ɛərəm/; (âr əm) ʰ • Aveton Giff ord , Devon - /ɔː'tən dʒi'fəd/ • Avoch, Highland — /ɔx/; (ôKH)
[edit] B
• Balliol College, University of Oxford — / beˈ ɪliəl/; (bāʰlē əl) ʰ • Barugh, South Yorkshire — /bɑ ːk/; (bäk)
• Great Barugh and Little Barugh, North Yorkshire — /bɑrf/; (bärf) • Barnstaple, Devon — / bˈ ɑːnstəbl/; (bärn stə-bəl) ʰ
• Beauchief, Sheffield — / bi:tˈ ʃɪf/; (bē chĭf) ʰ
• Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire — / bˈ ɛkənzfi ldː /; (bĕʰkənz-fēld ) ʰ • Beaudesert, Warwickshire — until recently / bˈ ɛlzə/ ("belser") reflecting
original name "Beldesert" [1]
• Beaulieu, Hampshire — / bju liˈ ː /; (byōō lē) ʰ
• Bellingham, Northumberland — /'bɛlɪndʒəm/; (bĕl ən-jəm) · (the city ofʰ
Bellingham, Washington, U.S.A., is pronounced as spelled [/ bˈ ɛlɪŋhæm/, bĕʰlĭng-hăm ]) ʰ
• Vale of Belvoir, England — / bi vəˈ ː /; (bē vər) ʰ • Berkeley (all English towns) — / bˈ ɑːkli/; (bärk lē) ʰ • Berkshire — / bˈ ɑːkʃə/; (bärk shər) ʰ
• Berwick -upon-Tweed, Northumberland — / bˈ ɛrɪk-/; (bĕ rĭk) ʰ • Bicester, Oxfordshire — / bˈ ɪstə/; (bĭs tər) ʰ
• Billericay, Essex — /bɪlə rˈ ɪki/; (bĭl ə-rĭkʰ ʰē) • Blackley, Greater Manchester — / bleˈ ɪkli/; (blāk lē) ʰ • Boyounagh, County Galway — / bwi nəxˈ ː /; (bwē nəʰ KH) • Bozeat, Northamptonshire — / bˈ ʊ ʒət/; (bŏŏ zhət) ʰ
• Breaghwy, Connacht — / bre fiˈ ː ː/; (brĕf ē) ʰ • Bradley , West Midlands — / breˈ ɪdli/; (brād lē) ʰ • Brewood, Staffordshire - /'bru dː /; (brōōd) • Bridestowe, West Devon - /'brɪdɪstəʊ/; • Brougham, Cumbria — /bru mː /; (brōōm) • Burgh by Sands, Cumbria — / brˈ ʌf/; (brŭf)
[edit] C
• Cahir, County Tipperary — / keˈ ɪr/; (kār)
• Caldmore, West Midlands — / kˈ ɑːmə/; (kä mər) ʰ • Cambois, Northumberland — / kæməsˈ /; (kăm əs) ʰ
• Cambridge — / keˈ ɪmbrɪdʒ/; (kām brĭj) · (note that the ʰ River Cam and
Cambridge, Gloucestershire are pronounced intuitively) • Canterbury, Kent — / kæntəbriˈ ː/; (kăn tər-brē) ʰ
• River Cherwell, river in England — / tˈ ʃɑːwɛl/; (chär wĕl) ʰ • Chiswick, London — / tˈ ʃɪzɪk/; (chĭz ĭk) ʰ
• Cholmondeley, Cheshire — / tˈ ʃʌmli/; (chŭm lē) ʰ
• Cirencester, Gloucestershire — now usually / saˈ ɪrən sʰ ɛstə/ (sī rən-ʰ sĕs tər), but formerly (and still occasionally) ʰ / sˈ ɪsɪtə/ (sĭ sĭ-tər) ʰ • Claughton, Lancashire — / klæftənˈ /
• Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire — / klˈ ɪbəri/; (klĭ bə-rē) ʰ • Cley next the Sea, Norfolk — / klaˈ ɪ/; (klī)
• Cliveden, Buckinghamshire — / klˈ ɪvdən/; (klĭv dən) ʰ • Cloghore, County Donegal — /klaɪˈho rː /; (klī hōr) ʰ • Clones, County Monaghan — / klo nˈ ː ɪs/; (klō nĭs) ʰ
• Cobh, County Cork — /ko vː /; (kōv; Cóbh is regular in Irish) • Cogenhoe, Northamptonshire — / kˈ ʊknəʊ/; (kŏŏk nəʰ ʊ) • Costessey, Norfolk — / kˈ ɒsi/; (kŏs ē) ʰ
• Cowpen, Northumberland — / ku pˈ ː ɛn/; (kōōʰpĕn ) ʰ • Cruwys Morchard, Devon - /kru zː /; (krōōz)
• Cuckfield, Sussex — / kˈ ʊkfi ldː /; (kŏŏk fēld) · (versus intuitivelyʰ pronounced Uckfield nearby)
• Culross, Fife — / ku rˈ ː ɒs/; (kōōʰrŏs ) ʰ
• Cultra, Northern Ireland— /kʌl'trɔː/; (kŭl-trô ) ʰ • Culzean Castle, Ayrshire — kuːˈ ɪn/; (kōō-lān ) le ʰ
[edit] D
• Denbigh — / dˈ ɛnbi/; (den bē) ʰ • Derby — / da biˈ ː /; (dä bē) ʰ
• Do dworth, South Yorkshire - / dˈ ɒdəθ/
• Durham — /dʌrəm/ in RP, locally IPA: / dˈ ʏrəm/
[edit] E
• Edensor, Derbyshire — /ˈɛnzə/; (ĕn zər) ʰ
• Edinburgh — /ˈɛdn̩b(ɜ)rə/; (ĕʰdən-bûr ə) or (ĕʰ ʰdən-brə) • Elsecar, South Yorkshire — /ɛlsɪˈkɑː/; (ĕl sĭ-kä) ʰ
• Ely , Cambridgeshire — /'i liː /; (ē lē) ʰ • England — /ˈɪŋglənd/ • Erith, London — / i rˈ ː ɪθ/; (ē rĭth) ʰ • Esher, Surrey — / iˈ ːʃə/; (ē shər) ʰ • Euxton, Lancashire - /'ɛkstən/; (ĕ ks-tən) ʰ • Eyam, Derbyshire — / i mˈ ː /; (ēm)
[edit] F
• Findochty, Moray — / fˈ ɪnəkti/ or / fˈ ɪnəxti/; (fĭn ək-tē) or (fĭn əʰ ʰ KH-tē) • Fowey, Cornwall — / fˈ ɔɪ/; (foi)
[edit] G
• The Garioch, Aberdeenshire — / gˈ ɪəri/; (gîr ē) ʰ • Gateacre, Liverpool — / gætækəˈ /; (găt ăk-ər) ʰ • Gillingham , Kent — /'dʒɪlɪŋəm/; (jĭ lĭng-əm) ʰ • Gillingham , Dorset — /'gɪlɪŋəm/; (gĭ lĭng-əm) ʰ
• Glenz ier , Dumfries and Galloway — /glɪŋə/; (glĭng ər) ʰ • Gloucester — / glˈ ɒstə/; (glŏs tər) ʰ
• Godmanchester, Cambridgeshire — /g mstə ɜː/ • Gotham, Nottinghamshire — / gəˈ ʊtəm/; (gō təm) ʰ
• Greenwich, Greater London — / grˈ ɛnɪtʃ/ or /ˈɡrɪnɪtʃ/; (grĕ nĭch) orʰ (grĭ nĭch) ʰ
• Greysouthen, Cumbria — / greˈ ɪsu nː /; (grā sōōn) ʰ • Groby, Leicestershire — / gru biˈ ː ː/; (grōō bē) ʰ • Guildford, Surrey — / gˈ ɪlfəd/; (gĭl fərd) ʰ
• Guisborough, North Yorkshire — / gi zbrəˈ ː /; (gēz brə) ʰ
[edit] H
• Halford, Midlands — / hˈ ɑlfəd/; (häl fərd”) ʰ • Happisburgh, Norfolk — / heˈ ɪzb(ə)rə/; (hāz brə) ʰ • Hawarden, Flintshire — / hˈ ɑːdən/; (här dən) ʰ • Hawick, Scottish Borders — / hˈ ɔɪk/; (hoik) • Heather , Leicestershire — / hi ðəˈ ː /; (hēʰthər) • Hereford, England — / heərˈ ɪfəd/; (hârʰē-fərd ) ʰ • Hertford, England — / hˈ ɑːtfəd/ [härt fərd]) ʰ • Hessle, East Yorkshire — / hˈ ɛzl/; (hĕz əl) ʰ • Heysham, Lancashire — / hiˈ ːʃəm/; (hē shəm) ʰ • Holborn, London — / həˈ ʊbən/; (hō bərn”) ʰ • Holyhead, Wales — / hˈ ɒlihɛd/; (hŏʰlē-hĕd ) ʰ • Hunstanton, Norfolk — / hˈ ʌnstən/; (hŭns tən) ʰ
[edit] I
• Ide , Devon — /i dː /
• Inistioge, County Kilkenny — /ɪnɪʃˈtiːɡ/; (ĭn ĭsh-tēg) ʰ • Islay, island of the Inner Hebrides — / aˈ ɪlə/; (ī lə) ʰ
[edit] K
• Keadby, Lincolnshire — / kˈ ɪdbi/; (kĭd bē) ʰ
• Keighley, West Yorkshire) — / ki θliˈ ː /; (kēth lē) ʰ • Kes wick , Cumbria — / kˈ ɛzɪk/; (kĕ zĭk) ʰ
• Kilconquhar, Fife — /ki nˈ ʌxɑː/ or /ki n(j)ˈ ʌkə/; (kĭ-nŭʰKHär) or (kĭ- nŭ kər) or (kĭ-nyŭ kər) ʰ ʰ
• Kingussie, Highland — /kɪŋ ju siˈ ː /; (kĭng-jōō sē) ʰ
• Kiltimagh, County Mayo — / kʰ ɪltʃɪˈmɒk/; (kĭl chĭ-mŏkʰ ʰ) • Kirkby, Merseyside — / kˈ ɜːbi/; (kûr bē) ʰ
• Kirkcaldy, Fife - /k r'kə ɑdi/; (kər-kä dē) ʰ
• Kirkcudbright, Galloway — /kəːˈku:bri/; (kər-kōō brē”) ʰ
[edit] L
• Laugharne, Carmarthenshire — /lɑːn/; (lärn)
• Launceston, Cornwall — / lˈ ɔːns(t)ən/ or / lˈ ɑːns(t)ən/ or / læns(t)ənˈ /; (lôns tən, lôn sən) or (läns tən, län sən) or (lăns tən, lăn sən) · (versusʰ ʰ ʰ ʰ ʰ ʰ
Launceston, Tasmania, pronounced / lˈɒnsəstən/ [lŏn səs-tən]) ʰ
• Leamington Spa and Leamington Hastings, Warwickshire — / lˈ ɛmɪŋtən/; (lĕ mĭng-tən) ʰ
• Leap, County Cork — / lˈ ɛp/; (lĕp) • Leicester — / lˈ ɛstə/; (lĕs tər) ʰ • Leigh, Kent — /laɪ/; (lī)
• Leominster, Herefordshire — / lˈ ɛmstə/; (lĕms tər) · (compare ʰ Leominster, Massachusetts below)
• Lewannick, Cornwall — /luːˈɒnɪk/; (lōō-ŏ nĭk) ʰ • Liskeard, Cornwall — /lɪˈskɑːd/; (lĭ-skärd ) ʰ • Loose, Kent — / lu zˈ ː /; (lōōz)
• Lostwithiel, Cornwall — /lɒs wˈ ɪðiːɛl/; (lŏs-wĭʰthē-ĕl ) ʰ • Loughborough, Leicestershire — / lˈ ʌfbrə/; (lŭf brə) ʰ • Lympne, Kent — /lɪm/; (lĭm)
[edit] M
• Magdalen College, University of Oxford — / mˈ ɔːdlɪn/; (môd lĭn) ʰ • Magdalen Hill, Winchester — /mɔːn/; (môn)
• Magdalene College, University of Cambridge — / mˈ ɔːdlɪn/; (môd lĭn) ʰ • Mane a , Cambridgeshire — / meˈ ɪni/; (mā nē) ʰ
• Marlborough, Wiltshire — / mˈ ɔːlbrə/; (môl brə) ʰ • Meols, Cheshire — / mˈ ɛlz/; (mĕlz)
• Meols Cop, Southport — / mi lzˈ ː /; (mēlz) • Meopham, Kent — / mˈ ɛpəm/; (mĕ pəm) ʰ • Mildenhall, Wiltshire — / maˈ ɪnəl; (mī nəl) ʰ
• Milngavie, Scotland — / mˈ ʌlgaɪ/ or / mˈ ɪlgaɪ/; (mŭl gī) or (mĭl gī) ʰ ʰ • Minories, London — / mˈ ɪnəri zː /; (mĭ nər-ēz) ʰ
• Monmouth, Wales — / mˈ ɒnməθ/; (mŏn məth) ʰ • Mousehole, Cornwall — / maˈ ʊzəl/; (mou zəl) ʰ
• Mweelrea, County Mayo — /mwel ri əˈ ː / ; (mwāl-rē ə) ʰ
[edit] N
• Naas, County Kildare, Ireland — /neɪs/; (nās) • Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland — /neɪ/; (nā) • River Nene, Northamptonshire — /nɛn/; (nĕn) • Newquay, Cornwall — / nju kiˈ ː /; (nyōō kē) ʰ • Norwich, Norfolk — / nˈ ɒrɪdʒ/; (nŏr ĭj) ʰ
[edit] O
• Olney, Milton Keynes — /ɔːniː/ (ô nē) (local pronunciation) · ʰ /ɒlniː/ (ŏl nē) ʰ
• Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire — /ˈɒz twislʰ /; (ŏzʰtwĭs əl) (localʰ pronunciation) · /ˈɒzl twizlʰ / (ŏʰzəl-twĭ zəl) ʰ
• Owenabue, river in County Cork — / o nə bwiˌ ː ˈ ː/ (ō nə-bwēʰ ʰ)
[edit] P
• Plaistow, Newham, Greater London — / plˈ ɑːstəʊ/; (plä stō) ʰ • Plymouth, Devon — / plˈ ɪməθ/; (plĭ məth) ʰ
• Prinknash, Gloucestershire — / prˈ ɪnɪʃ / (prĭ nĭsh) ʰ • Puncknowle, Devon — / pˈ ʌnl̩/ (pŭ nəl) ʰ
[edit] R
• Rainworth, Nottinghamshire — / rˈ ɛnəθ/; (rĕ nəth) ʰ
• Ratlinghope, Shropshire — / rætˈ ʃʌp/; (răt shŭp) (local pronunciation) ʰ • Reading, Berkshire — / rˈ ɛdɪŋ/; (rĕ dĭng) ʰ
• Rievaulx, North Yorkshire — / ri vəˈ ː ʊ/; (rē vō) ʰ • Ruthven, Aberdeenshire — / rˈ ɪvən/; (rĭ vən) ʰ
[edit] S
• St. Ive , Cornwall — /i vː /; (ēv) · (however, St Ives is pronounced intuitively) • St. Teath, Cornwall — /tɛθ/; (tĕth)
• Salisbury, Wiltshire — / zˈ ɔːzbri/; (zôz brē) (local pronunciation) · ʰ / s
ˈ ɒlzbri/ or / sˈ ɔːlzbri/; (sŏlz brē) or (sôlz brē) ʰ ʰ
• Shrewsbury, Shropshire — /ˈʃrəʊzbri/; (shrōz'brē) · (though the "Shrews-" is sometimes pronounced phonetically)
• Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire — /slæ wˈ ɪt/; (slă-wĭt ) ʰ • Slough, Berkshire — /slaʊ/; (slou)
• Smethwick, West Midlands — / smˈ ɛðɪk/; (smĕ thĭk) ʰ
• South Elmsall, West Yorkshire - /saʊθ ems l/ə or local variant /sa θ ː ems l/ə • Southwark, Greater London — / sˈ ʌðək/; (sŭʰthərk) · / sˈ ʌvək/; (sŭ vərk)ʰ
• Southwell, Nottinghamshire — / sˈ ʌðəl/ or / saˈ ʊθwəl/; (sŭth əl) orʰ (south wəl) ʰ
• Staithes, North Yorkshire — locally /stɪəz/; (stîrz) • Stawell, Somerset — /stɒl/; (stŏl)
• Stiffkey, Norfolk — / stju kiˈ ː ː/; (styōō kē) · (though it can be intuitivelyʰ pronounced)
• Strabane, County Tyrone — /str 'bæn/ə ; (strə-băn ) ʰ • Strathaven, South Lanarkshire — / streˈ ɪvn/; (strā vən) ʰ • River Suir in Leinster, Ireland — /ʃuː/; (shōōr)
[edit] T
• Tacolneston, Norfolk — / tæklstənˈ /; (tăk əl-stən) ʰ • Tallaght, County Dublin — / tæləˈ /; (tă lə) ʰ
• Teignmouth, Devon — / tˈ ɪnməθ/; (tĭn məth) ʰ • Teston, Kent — / ti sņˈ ː /; (tē sən) ʰ
• River Thames— /tɛmz/; (tĕmz) · (the Thames River in Connecticut is pronounced intuitively)
• Tideswell, Derbyshire — / tˈ ɪdsəl/; (tĭd zəl) ʰ • Tintwistle, Derbyshire — / tˈ ɪnsəl/; (tĭn səl) ʰ
• Todmorden, West Yorkshire - / tˈɒdmədən/ is the most common pronunciation although the BBC uses / tˈ ɒdmɔːdən/.[1]
• Torpenhow Hill, Cumbria — /trə pˈ ɛnə/; (trə-pĕn ə) (local pronunciation) ·ʰ (elsewhere pronounced intuitively)
• Torquay, Devon — /tɔ ˈː ki/; (tôr kē) ʰ • Tottenham, Greater London - /'tɒtnəm/
• Towce ster, Northamptonshire — / təˈ ʊstə/; (tōs tər) ʰ • Trottiscliffe, Kent — / trˈ ɒsli/; (trŏs lē) ʰ
[edit] U
• Ulgham, Northumberland — /ˈʌfəm/ (ŭf əm) ʰ
[edit] W
• Warwick and Warwickshire — / wˈ ɒrɪk/; (wŏr ĭk) · ʰ / wˈ ɒrɪkʃə/; (wŏr ĭk-ʰ shər)
• Market Weighton, East Yorkshire — / wi tņˈ ː /; (wēt n) ʰ • Wemyss Bay, Inverclyde — /'wi mz ː beɪ/ (wēmz) • Widecombe, Devon - /'wɪdɪcəm/
• Wisbech, Cambridgeshire — / wˈ ɪzbi tːʃ/ (wĭz bēch) ʰ • East Woodhay and West Woodhay - / wˈ ʊdi/; (wŏŏ dē) ʰ
• Woolfardisworthy, Devon — / wˈ ʊlzi/ or / wˈ ʊlzəri/; (wŏŏl zē) orʰ (wŏŏl zər-ē) ʰ
• Wrotham, Kent — / ru təmˈ ː / (rŏŏ təm) ʰ • Wybunbury, Cheshire — / wˈ ɪnbri/; (wĭn brē) ʰ
• Wycombe, Buckinghamshire — /ˈ wɪkəm/; (wĭ kəm) ʰ
• Wymondham, Norfolk — / wˈ ɪndəm/; (wĭn dəm) (local pronunciation) ʰ • Wytham, Oxfordshire — / waˈ ɪtəm/; (wīt əm) ʰ
[edit] Y
• Youghal, County Cork, Ireland — /jɔːl/; (yôl)
[edit] Z
• Zouch, Nottinghamshire — /zotʃ/; (zŏch)
• Ashby-de-la- Zouch, Leicestershire — /zuːʃ/; (zōōsh)