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Runnymede
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Runnemede
English
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Etymology
The name has been explained as en enm rounen runinge taking counsel + enm mede meadow.
Proper noun
en meadow near the Thames in co/Surrey where the Magna Carta was signed.
en bor in co/Surrey cc/England, including the towns of Egham, Chertsey and Addlestone.
en unincorporated community co/Harper County s/Kansas c/USA.
en locality shire:Pref/Campaspe northern s/Victoria c/Australia.
en town carea/Glamorgan-Spring Bay and the carea/Southern Midlands eastern s/Tasmania c/Australia.
References
Gover, J. E. B.; Mawer, A.; Stenton, F. M. (1934). The Place-Names of Surrey. English Place-Name Society. Vol. 11. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 124.