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Oakham (Leicestershire) is not named for its oaks but means Occa's homestead or Occa's riverside land, depending whether the second half of the name represents Old English hām or hamm .
Rutland, the historic county (of which Oakham, above, was the county town), does not mean root land or red land or even rutted land but Rōta's land, from a personal name.