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 Antrim Baile burh dative byrig burna Cambs Celtic river-name meaning Ches church Cill Cork Cornwall Cumbria denu Derbys Devon Distinguishing affixes Donegal Dorset dūn E. R. Yorks element Essex Estate associated examples include family or followers farm farmstead or hamlet Farmstead or village feld ford Gaelic Galway genitive plural Glos grow halh hām hām or hamm Hants Herefs hill Homestead or enclosure Homestead or village hyll Identical in origin ingas island Kent Kerry Lancs lēah Leics Limerick Lincs Manorial affix Mayo name genitive name means Nook of land Norfolk Northants Northum Notts OE pers OE tūn Offaly OFrench Open land OScand Outlying farmstead Oxon place name Possibly farmstead previous name Probably farmstead ridge River settlement Shrops Somerset spring or stream stān stronghold Suffolk Sussex Tipperary Townland Tyrone valley Warwicks wella Welsh Westmeath wīc Wilts wood or clearing Woodland clearing Worcs wudu ΟΕ