cryptic clues

[stymied]

1. Town with old English name, abbreviated (6)

E???E?

2. Woman brought up in East Timor, for example (5)

E?S??

Note: the 3rd letter of (1) is the last letter of (2)

EXETER and ELSIE fit the squares, and I can half-way justify each. Can anyone suggest convincing reasons or better alternatives, please?

[poisonivy]

elsie is right east E timoe ISLE brought up backwards.

[poisonivy]

sorry meant timor is an island

[poisonivy]

ex could mean old dunno bout eter yet me still thinkin

[gen2]

Possibly:

old = ex
English = E
name = term - abbreviated leaves ter
= exeter

[poisonivy]

it is exeter

ex..............old

e..................english

ter................abbreviation for territory meaning township neighbourhood etc