Celtic Voices, English Places: Studies of the Celtic Impact on Place-names in EnglandThis combination of catalogue and analysis argues that many more major place names in England predate the Anglo-Saxon invasion than has previously been thought. Others enshrine early names with a complex structure, often reflecting the influence of geographical features. Introductory chapters examine names with a non-Celtic origin, including London, Brittonic river names, such as Poulter, Test and Weaver, and early Irish names in England. Regional chapters contain fully-referenced articles which trace the development of specific names through Saxon and medieval sources, notably Domesday . A number of the articles have been previously published in journals but have since been revised. Includes a gazetteer of names. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
BrittonicMediated Names of NonCeltic Origin | 15 |
Thanet and its alternative name in the Historia Britonum | 32 |
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Ancient ANDREW BREEZE Anglo-Saxon Antonine Itinerary appears attested Barnack Bede Book of Llandaff borrowed Breton Britain British Brittonic Brittonic name cęd Celtic name Chitterne cognate compound Cornish crüg Cumbric derived Devon Domesday Book Dorset early east Ekwall Ekwall's English name English Place-Name etymology evidence explained farm Firle Gaelic Ganarew gazetteer Gelling genitive Gloucestershire Gnosall Goidelic Hentland Herefordshire hill Ingst instance Irish island Jackson Lancashire land language Lann late later Lindisfarne Llangarron lost male personal name meaning medieval miles Mills Modern Welsh noun Old English Owermoigne Padel parish Partly Brittonic penn perhaps phonological plural PN Devon possible recorded relevant represented RICHARD COATES river river-name Rivet and Smith Rollright Romano-British root Root-Celtic second element sense settlement seventh century Shropshire sixth century spellings stream suffix suggests survival syllable valley village vowel Wales Welsh name West Wholly Brittonic Wiltshire word Yorkshire