Editing Cheapside (section)

==Etymology and usage==
[[File:ONL (1887) 1.313 - Cheapside Cross, as it appeared in 1547.jpg|thumb|The 1547 coronation procession of [[Edward VI of England|Edward VI]] passing the [[Eleanor cross]] in Cheapside (West Cheap)]]

''Cheapside'' is a common English street name, meaning "market place", from [[Old English]] ''ceapan'', "to buy" (cf. German ''kaufen'', Dutch ''kopen'', Danish ''købe'', Norwegian ''kjøpe'', Swedish ''köpa''), whence also ''[[chapmen|chapman]]'' and ''[[chapbook]].''<ref>William Toone, ''A Glossary and Etymological Dictionary: Of Obsolete and Uncommon Words'' (Bennett: London, 1834)</ref> There was originally no connection to the modern meaning of ''cheap'' ("low-priced" or "low-quality", a shortening of ''good ceap'', "good buy"), though by the 18th century this association may have begun to be inferred.

Other cities and towns in England that have a Cheapside include [[Ambleside]], [[Ascot, Berkshire|Ascot]], [[Barnsley]], [[Birmingham]], [[Blackpool]], [[Bradford]], [[Brighton]], [[Bristol]], [[Derby]], [[Halifax, West Yorkshire|Halifax]], [[Hanley, Staffordshire|Hanley]], [[Knaresborough]], [[Lancaster, Lancashire|Lancaster]], [[Leicester]], [[Liverpool]], [[Luton]], [[Manchester]], [[Nottingham]], [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]], [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]], [[Settle, North Yorkshire|Settle]], [[Wakefield]] and [[Wolverhampton]]. There is also a Cheapside in [[Bridgetown]], Barbados; [[Lexington, Kentucky]], US; [[Greenfield, Massachusetts]], US; [[Saint Helier]], Jersey; and [[London, Ontario]], Canada.