A Dictionary of British Place-NamesThis revised edition of the Dictionary of British Place-Names includes over 17,000 engaging and informative entries, tracing the development of the featured place-names from earliest times to the present day. Included place-names range from the familiar to the obscure, among them 'Beer', 'Findlater', 'Broadbottom', and 'Great Snoring'. The A to Z entries are complemented by a detailed introductory essay discussing the chronology and development of English, Irish, Welsh, and Scottish place-names, as well as an extensive bibliography, maps of Britain showing old and new boundaries, and a glossary of common elements in place-names. Also new to this edition is an appendix of recommended web links pointing to relevant online resources, thereby expanding the scope of the dictionary and providing the reader with an opportunity to explore the subject further. Both accessible and up to date, this dictionary is an ideal companion for anybody travelling around the British Isles, as well as for researchers and students with an interest in toponomy, local history, cartography, and lexicography. |
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Strange I have copy of this book and it's English place names. 388p. He must have extended it but another 150 pages couldn't have taken in the whole of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland!
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All 6 reviews »Somewhat useful. However, I have found at least 15 incorrect meanings for village names within a 12 mile radius of my house. This maybe because the author has simply regurgitated the meanings given by so called historians and archeologists (usually by attributing the name of a random unknown person rather than looking at the landscape) instead of making a serious study of how anglo-saxons used language to describe places.
Contents
Dictionary of British Place Names | 1 |
Glossary of Some Common Elements in British Place Names | 519 |
Select Bibliography for Further Reading | 526 |
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Common terms and phrases
12th cent addition Alternatively Antrim Baile bridge Bucks burh called Cambs Celtic Celtic river-name Ches church Cill Cork Cornwall Cumbria dedication Derbys Devon Distinguishing district Donegal Dorset dūn E. R. Yorks early East element enclosure English Essex Estate associated examples include family or followers farm Farmstead or village feld ford frequented Gaelic Galway Glos Green ground grove grow halh hām hamlet hamm Hants Herefs High Highland hill Homestead Irish island Kent Kerry Kilkenny Lancs land later Latin lēah Leics Lincs Little London Manorial affix marsh Mayo meaning mountain nook Norfolk North Northants Northum Notts OE pers OE tūn Open land origin OScand Oxon place name plural pool possession Possibly Probably Probably farmstead referring ridge River river-name settlement Shrops Somerset spring Staffs stone stream stronghold Suffolk Sussex town Townland tu¯n Tyrone uncertain valley Warwicks wella Welsh West Wilts wood Woodland clearing Worcs worth Yorks
Bibliographic information
| Title | A Dictionary of British Place-Names Oxford Quick Reference Oxford paperback reference Oxford reference online |
| Author | David Mills |
| Editor | David Mills |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint, revised |
| Publisher | OUP Oxford, 2011 |
| ISBN | 019960908X, 9780199609086 |
| Length | 532 pages |
| Subjects | › › Reference / Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps Reference / General Science / Earth Sciences / Geography |
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