Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ABER

ABER, a local name of the ancient Britons designating any place of a marked character near the mouth of a stream, whether on the coast or inland. It occurs seldom by itself, but often and prominently as a prefix.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a local name of the ancient Britons designating any place of a marked character"   (ADL Feature Type: "locations")