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The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names: Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society
Victor (Unive Watts
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Description for The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names: Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society
hardcover. Alphabetical listing of all place-names of England, with historical and etymological commentaries. Editor(s): Watts, Victor. Num Pages: 778 pages, 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; GBGP; HBJD1; HBTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1925.
Originally published in 2004, this alphabetical dictionary is a major reference work, based on the archives of the English Place-Name Society and reflecting the scholarship in the subject, of all the names of cities, towns, villages, hamlets, rivers, streams, hills and other geographical locations included in the Ordnance Survey Road Atlas of Great Britain (1983). It provides a reflection of contemporary England, not just its historical past. Every place-name entry has a unique National Grid reference number, a list of historical spellings, the age and meaning of the name and its etymology (pre-Indo-European, Indo-European, Celtic, Primitive Welsh, Anglo-Saxon, Old Norse, ... Read more
Originally published in 2004, this alphabetical dictionary is a major reference work, based on the archives of the English Place-Name Society and reflecting the scholarship in the subject, of all the names of cities, towns, villages, hamlets, rivers, streams, hills and other geographical locations included in the Ordnance Survey Road Atlas of Great Britain (1983). It provides a reflection of contemporary England, not just its historical past. Every place-name entry has a unique National Grid reference number, a list of historical spellings, the age and meaning of the name and its etymology (pre-Indo-European, Indo-European, Celtic, Primitive Welsh, Anglo-Saxon, Old Norse, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
778
Condition
New
Number of Pages
778
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521362092
SKU
V9780521362092
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About Victor (Unive Watts
Victor Watts is Master of Grey College and Dean of Colleges, Durham University. He is the Honorary Director of the English Place-Name Society and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. In addition to many articles and reviews on place-names, he has written Book 17 De herbis et plantis in On the Properties of Things: John Trevisa's Translation of ... Read more
Reviews for The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names: Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society
Review of the hardback: '… a captivating resource for those of us simply curious about the oddities of English place-names … This catalogue of place-names will make an essential tool for anyone seriously involved in the cartography or topography of the British Isles … It is a project that is dizzying in scale, and manages the rare trick of being ... Read more