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These examples show that there is a story behind the name of every Tennessee town, city, river, mountain, and valley. Some names changed after European and American settlers moved in. Others stayed the same and have Southeastern Indian origins.
- Change and Challenge
Change and Challenge (1870 to 1945). Between 1870 and 1945,...
- First Peoples
First Peoples (13,000 BCE to 1760 CE) The first peoples of...
- Change and Challenge
Mansonville is the administrative centre of Potton Township, which lies between Lake Memphremagog to the east, and Mont Sutton to the west. To the south is the American state of Vermont, and to the north is the municipality of Bolton-Est. The township is replete with landscapes of stunning beauty.
The first word is ‘mamm’ which means a breast like hill and the second is ‘ceaster’ which means a fortification or an old city; the name was also Latinised by adding the suffix ‘ium’ towards the end. From this we can then infer that Manchester was a Roman fort, built on a ‘breast like hill’.
7 hours ago · The name given the county was in honor of the hero of the moment in England. That was William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, victor over the Stuarts at Callandon in 1746. Born in 1721, the second son of King George II and Queen Caroline, he was at the age of 5 named the Duke of Cumberland. After an unsuccessful attempt as a naval career, he ...
Mansonville (French pronunciation: [mɑ̃sɔ̃vil]; Occitan: Mansonvila) is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Occitanie region in southern France.
The scenic country roads of the circuit Incomparable Potton meander through exceptional landscapes, delighting visitors. A stop on the Townships Trail, the village of Mansonville is well worth a visit with its heritage buildings, round barn (1912), public market, and exhibitions.
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Mansonville is in the south-west of France at 41 kilometres from Montauban, the department capital (general information: Mansonville is 550 kilometres from Paris).
