{"id":10016,"date":"2026-09-14T16:14:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T16:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geoparktransmanche.org\/?p=10016"},"modified":"2026-09-18T13:23:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T13:23:26","slug":"when-place-names-cross-the-channel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geoparktransmanche.org\/en\/blog\/2026\/09\/when-place-names-cross-the-channel\/","title":{"rendered":"When place names cross the Channel"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Sangatte to Sandgate, and from Pihem to Petham, some place names show striking similarities. These familiar-sounding names offer fascinating clues about the people, languages and cultural influences that have shaped the landscapes on both sides of the Channel over the centuries.<br \/>\nBy looking more closely at place-name elements, we can uncover traces of ancient languages and discover the connections that still link Kent and the Boulonnais today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10141,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"class_list":["post-10016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>When place names cross the Channel | Cross-Channel Geopark<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/geoparktransmanche.org\/en\/blog\/2026\/09\/when-place-names-cross-the-channel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"When place names cross the Channel | Cross-Channel Geopark\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"From Sangatte to Sandgate, and from Pihem to Petham, some place names show striking similarities. These familiar-sounding names offer fascinating clues about the people, languages and cultural influences that have shaped the landscapes on both sides of the Channel over the centuries.  By looking more closely at place-name elements, we can uncover traces of ancient languages and discover the connections that still link Kent and the Boulonnais today.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/geoparktransmanche.org\/en\/blog\/2026\/09\/when-place-names-cross-the-channel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Cross-Channel Geopark\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/geoparktransmanche\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-09-14T16:14:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-18T13:23:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/geoparktransmanche.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Panneau-routier-Sangatte-fleuri-_maxime-Bodhuin-aspect-ratio-760-400.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"760\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Dehouck\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Dehouck\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/geoparktransmanche.org\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/when-place-names-cross-the-channel\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/geoparktransmanche.org\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/when-place-names-cross-the-channel\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Dehouck\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/geoparktransmanche.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7d5f0ab4166b30c6a089c2c8b84a47c4\"},\"headline\":\"When place names cross the Channel\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-14T16:14:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-18T13:23:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/geoparktransmanche.org\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/when-place-names-cross-the-channel\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":6,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/geoparktransmanche.org\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/when-place-names-cross-the-channel\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/geoparktransmanche.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/Panneau-routier-Sangatte-fleuri-_maxime-Bodhuin-aspect-ratio-760-400.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Blog\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/geoparktransmanche.org\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/when-place-names-cross-the-channel\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/geoparktransmanche.org\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/when-place-names-cross-the-channel\\\/\",\"name\":\"When place names cross the Channel | Cross-Channel Geopark\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/geoparktransmanche.org\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/geoparktransmanche.org\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/when-place-names-cross-the-channel\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/geoparktransmanche.org\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/when-place-names-cross-the-channel\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/geoparktransmanche.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/Panneau-routier-Sangatte-fleuri-_maxime-Bodhuin-aspect-ratio-760-400.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-14T16:14:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-18T13:23:26+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/geoparktransmanche.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7d5f0ab4166b30c6a089c2c8b84a47c4\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/geoparktransmanche.org\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/when-place-names-cross-the-channel\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/geoparktransmanche.org\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/when-place-names-cross-the-channel\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/geoparktransmanche.org\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/when-place-names-cross-the-channel\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/geoparktransmanche.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/Panneau-routier-Sangatte-fleuri-_maxime-Bodhuin-aspect-ratio-760-400.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/geoparktransmanche.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/Panneau-routier-Sangatte-fleuri-_maxime-Bodhuin-aspect-ratio-760-400.jpg\",\"width\":760,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"Panneau Routier Sangatte Fleuri Maxime Bodhuin Aspect Ratio 760 400\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/geoparktransmanche.org\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/when-place-names-cross-the-channel\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/geoparktransmanche.org\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"When place names cross the Channel\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/geoparktransmanche.org\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/geoparktransmanche.org\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Cross-Channel Geopark\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/geoparktransmanche.org\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/geoparktransmanche.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7d5f0ab4166b30c6a089c2c8b84a47c4\",\"name\":\"H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Dehouck\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"When place names cross the Channel | Cross-Channel Geopark","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/geoparktransmanche.org\/en\/blog\/2026\/09\/when-place-names-cross-the-channel\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"When place names cross the Channel | Cross-Channel Geopark","og_description":"From Sangatte to Sandgate, and from Pihem to Petham, some place names show striking similarities. These familiar-sounding names offer fascinating clues about the people, languages and cultural influences that have shaped the landscapes on both sides of the Channel over the centuries.  By looking more closely at place-name elements, we can uncover traces of ancient languages and discover the connections that still link Kent and the Boulonnais today.","og_url":"https:\/\/geoparktransmanche.org\/en\/blog\/2026\/09\/when-place-names-cross-the-channel\/","og_site_name":"Cross-Channel Geopark","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/geoparktransmanche","article_published_time":"2026-09-14T16:14:48+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-09-18T13:23:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":760,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/geoparktransmanche.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Panneau-routier-Sangatte-fleuri-_maxime-Bodhuin-aspect-ratio-760-400.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Dehouck","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Dehouck","Estimated reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/geoparktransmanche.org\/en\/blog\/2026\/09\/when-place-names-cross-the-channel\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/geoparktransmanche.org\/en\/blog\/2026\/09\/when-place-names-cross-the-channel\/"},"author":{"name":"H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Dehouck","@id":"https:\/\/geoparktransmanche.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/7d5f0ab4166b30c6a089c2c8b84a47c4"},"headline":"When place names cross the Channel","datePublished":"2026-09-14T16:14:48+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-18T13:23:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/geoparktransmanche.org\/en\/blog\/2026\/09\/when-place-names-cross-the-channel\/"},"wordCount":6,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/geoparktransmanche.org\/en\/blog\/2026\/09\/when-place-names-cross-the-channel\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/geoparktransmanche.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Panneau-routier-Sangatte-fleuri-_maxime-Bodhuin-aspect-ratio-760-400.jpg","articleSection":["Blog"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/geoparktransmanche.org\/en\/blog\/2026\/09\/when-place-names-cross-the-channel\/","url":"https:\/\/geoparktransmanche.org\/en\/blog\/2026\/09\/when-place-names-cross-the-channel\/","name":"When place names cross the Channel | Cross-Channel Geopark","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/geoparktransmanche.org\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/geoparktransmanche.org\/en\/blog\/2026\/09\/when-place-names-cross-the-channel\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/geoparktransmanche.org\/en\/blog\/2026\/09\/when-place-names-cross-the-channel\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/geoparktransmanche.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Panneau-routier-Sangatte-fleuri-_maxime-Bodhuin-aspect-ratio-760-400.jpg","datePublished":"2026-09-14T16:14:48+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-18T13:23:26+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/geoparktransmanche.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/7d5f0ab4166b30c6a089c2c8b84a47c4"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/geoparktransmanche.org\/en\/blog\/2026\/09\/when-place-names-cross-the-channel\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/geoparktransmanche.org\/en\/blog\/2026\/09\/when-place-names-cross-the-channel\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/geoparktransmanche.org\/en\/blog\/2026\/09\/when-place-names-cross-the-channel\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/geoparktransmanche.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Panneau-routier-Sangatte-fleuri-_maxime-Bodhuin-aspect-ratio-760-400.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/geoparktransmanche.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Panneau-routier-Sangatte-fleuri-_maxime-Bodhuin-aspect-ratio-760-400.jpg","width":760,"height":400,"caption":"Panneau Routier Sangatte Fleuri Maxime Bodhuin Aspect Ratio 760 400"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/geoparktransmanche.org\/en\/blog\/2026\/09\/when-place-names-cross-the-channel\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/geoparktransmanche.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"When place names cross the Channel"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/geoparktransmanche.org\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/geoparktransmanche.org\/en\/","name":"Cross-Channel Geopark","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/geoparktransmanche.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/geoparktransmanche.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/7d5f0ab4166b30c6a089c2c8b84a47c4","name":"H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Dehouck"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geoparktransmanche.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geoparktransmanche.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geoparktransmanche.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geoparktransmanche.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geoparktransmanche.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10016"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/geoparktransmanche.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10224,"href":"https:\/\/geoparktransmanche.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10016\/revisions\/10224"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geoparktransmanche.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geoparktransmanche.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geoparktransmanche.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}