Mile End
English
Etymology
In London, first recorded as La Mile ende in 1288, from Middle English mile ende, representing the distance from Aldgate (actually closer to two miles by today's measurement).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /mʌɪl ɛnd/
Audio (Received Pronunciation): (file)
Proper noun
- A number of places in England:
- An inner suburb of London in the borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3682).
- A hamlet in Ely parish, East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL6083). [1]
- A western suburb of Newton Abbot, Teignbridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SX8472).
- A suburban village in Myland parish, Colchester borough, Essex (OS grid ref TL9927).
- A settlement in Coleford parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO5811).
- A hamlet in Hartest parish, Babergh district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TL8252).
- A neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
- A suburb of Adelaide in the City of West Torrens, South Australia, named after Mile End in London.
References
- ^ List of United Kingdom locations: Milb-Milk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia