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. |
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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End Ads | 533 |
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Common terms and phrases
12th cent addition Alternatively Antrim Baile bridge Bucks called Cambs 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 ground grove grow halh hām hamlet hamm Hants Herefs High Highland hill Homestead Identical in origin Irish island Kent Kerry Kilkenny Lancs land later Latin leah Leics Lincs Little London Manorial affix marsh Mayo meaning mountain name genitive Norfolk North Northants Northum Notts OE pers OE tūn Open land origin OScand Outlying farmstead Oxon place name plural pool possession Possibly Probably Probably farmstead referring ridge River settlement Shrops Somerset spring Staffs stone stream Suffolk Sussex town Townland tu¯n Tyrone uncertain valley Warwicks wella Welsh West Wilts wood Woodland clearing Worcs worth Yorks