Signposts to the Past: Place-names and the History of England |
Contents
List of Maps | 7 |
The PlaceNames of Roman Britain | 30 |
Latin Words in English PlaceNames | 63 |
Copyright | |
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Signposts to the Past: Place-names and the History of England Margaret Gelling No preview available - 1991 |
Signposts to the Past: Place-Names and the History of England Margaret Gelling No preview available - 2010 |
Common terms and phrases
ancient Anglo-Saxon appears associated become Berkshire boundary British called camp Celtic century Chapter church clear common compound considered containing continuity derived detailed difficult discussed earlier early east element England English names English place-names etymology evidence examples farm field-names French Gelling Germanic give given ground habitative hill historical hundred important ingas instances interest Jackson known land language late later Latin less lies major marked means Middle miles nature noted occurs Old English origin pagan parish perhaps period personal name possible probably problem Professor reason recent recorded refer regards region remains River road Roman Roman Britain Romano-British Saxon Scandinavian seems sense settlement settlement-names shown shows significance situated sometimes sources spellings suffix suggests Survey term topographical town tumulus village Welsh Wickham