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For the later style inspired by Tudor architecture, see Tudor Revival architecture. For the style popular in apartment buildings and housing cooperatives in New York City in the 1920s, see Tudor City. Doorway to Layer Marney Tower, showing the distinctive low Tudor arch and patterns in the brickwork. The Deanery Tower in Hadleigh, Suffolk, early Henry VIII Compton Wynyates, begun 1491, at the start of the period. Determinedly asymmetrical and set low in the landscape The Tudor architectural style is the final development of Medieval architecture in England, during the Tudor period (1485–1603) and even beyond, and also the tentative introduction of Renaissance architecture to England. It is generally not used to refer to the whole period of the Tudor dynasty (1485–1603), but to the style used in buildings of some prestige in the period roughly between 1500 and 1560. It followed the Late Gothic Perpendicular style and was superseded by Elizabethan architecture from a...

This article is about the study of place names. For a discussion of the origins of place names themselves, see Place name origins. "Toponymic" redirects here. For the type of surname, see Toponymic surname. Toponymy is the study of place names (toponyms), their origins, meanings, use, and typology. [1] Contents 1 Etymology 2 Meaning and history 3 Issues 4 Noted toponymists 5 See also 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External links Etymology The word "toponymy" is derived from the Greek words tópos (τόπος) "place" and ónoma (ὄνομα) "name". Toponymy is itself a branch of onomastics, the study of names of all kinds. [2] Meaning and history Toponym is the general name for any place or geographical entity. [3] Related, more specific types of toponym include hydronym for a body of water and oronym for a mountain or hill. A toponymist is one who studies toponymy. According to the Oxford En...