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Author : James Rye
Publisher : Larks Press
ISBN 13 : 9780948400155
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (1 download)
Download or read book A Popular Guide to Norfolk Place-names written by James Rye and published by Larks Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ian D. Clark
Publisher : ANU E Press
ISBN 13 : 1925021637
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (25 download)
Download or read book Indigenous and Minority Placenames written by Ian D. Clark and published by ANU E Press. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book showcases current research into Indigenous and minority placenames in Australia and internationally. Many of the chapters in this volume originated as papers at a Trends in Toponymy conference hosted by the University of Ballarat in 2007 that featured Australian and international speakers. The chapters in this volume provide insight into the quality of toponymic research that is being undertaken in Australia and in countries such as Canada, Finland, South Africa, New Zealand, and Norway. The research presented here draws on the disciplines of linguistics, geography, history, and anthropology. The book includes meticulous studies of placenames in central NSW and the Upper Hunter region; Gundungurra cave names; western Arnhem Land; Northern Cape York Peninsula and Mount Wheeler in Queensland; saltwater placenames around Mer in the Torres Strait; and the Kaurna in South Australia.
Author : John Moss
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
ISBN 13 : 1526722852
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)
Download or read book A History of English Place Names and Where They Came From written by John Moss and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2020-05-30 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An enlightening journey into the languages, meanings, and history behind the names on England’s map. The origins of the names of many English towns, hamlets, and villages date as far back as Saxon times, when kings like Alfred the Great established fortified borough towns to defend against the Danes. A number of settlements were established and named by French Normans following the Conquest. Many are even older and are derived from Roman place names. Some hark back to the Vikings who invaded and established settlements in the eighth and ninth centuries. Most began as simple descriptions of the location; some identified its founder, marked territorial limits, or gave tribal people a sense of their place in the grand scheme of things. Whatever their derivation, place names are inextricably bound up in history—and these are the stories behind them.
Author : Adrian Room
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476603138
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book Placenames of the World written by Adrian Room and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2024-10-17 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A placename is often much more than just a label. A name may bespeak the history of a nation, the culture of a people, or the hopes of an individual. Such connections are revealed in this very large reference work on placenames of the world, which offers an in-depth look at the origins of each. First published in 1997, this 2006 edition contains 6,000+ entries--natural features such as mountains, rivers and lakes and human entities such as cities and countries. Each entry includes the name of the feature; a brief description and its geographical location; and the origin of the name with relevant historical, biographical and topographical details. Appendices give the meanings of common elements of non-English placenames (e.g., Abu, as in Abu Dhabi, means "father of"); major placenames in European languages (e.g., Pays-Bas and Paesi Bassi are the French and Italian names, respectively, for what English speakers call the Netherlands); and transcribed Chinese-language equivalents for the names of the world's countries and capitals.
Author : John D. Bennett
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786490780
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book Placenames of the Civil War written by John D. Bennett and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-02-10 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the plethora of books about the Civil War, the origins of many of the placenames associated with the conflict remain a mystery. This gazetteer provides information on nearly 1600 sites, including not only locations of battles and skirmishes but also hospitals, prison camps, military academies, factories and navy yards, both North and South. Also listed are islands, rivers, creeks, fords, ferries and railroad stations, as well as many temporary fort and camp names. From Abbeville, Georgia, where Jefferson Davis stopped in May 1865 days before his capture near Irwinville, to Yorktown, Virginia, which was besieged by General George B. McClellan at the start of the Peninsula campaign, entries explain the origin of each placename and its wartime connections. An appendix listing town and city population figures from the 1860 census completes this informative supplement for Civil War scholars and enthusiasts.
Author : David Mills
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019960908X
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)
Download or read book A Dictionary of British Place-Names written by David Mills and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-10-20 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Abbas Combe to Zennor, this dictionary gives the meaning and origin of place names in the British Isles, tracing their development from earliest times to the present day.
Author : William Lewis
Publisher : Brazen Head Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book What's in an English Place-name? written by William Lewis and published by Brazen Head Publishing. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wondering how British place-names came into existence? Discover the meanings behind the names of England's towns and villages from the author of the bestselling ‘What’s in your Surname?’ After spending decades researching and writing about the history of names, William Lewis turns his attention to English place-names, offering a comprehensive guide to the fascinating origins of such names as Birdoswald, Jodrell Bank, California (Norfolk), Westward Ho! and Giggleswick - and many, many more. In this engaging and entertaining volume, you will discover: • the origins of place-names from earliest times to the present day • the five classifications of place-names • an extensive list of place-names in England taken from the Bible • how personal names, tribal names and even names of gods have featured in English place-names • and how the Romans and other invading forces shaped the place-names of England If you want to follow an absorbing and entertaining trail through the history of English place-names then you will certainly enjoy William Lewis’s detailed look behind the scenes at how England’s villages, towns and cities acquired their names. Read What’s in a Place-name? today to discover the origins of hundreds of place-names in England.
Author : Allen Mawer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Place-names of Worcestershire written by Allen Mawer and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Wilfrid Bonser
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 620 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book An Anglo-Saxon and Celtic Bibliography (450-1087). written by Wilfrid Bonser and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1957 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Cecily Clark
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 9780859914024
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (14 download)
Download or read book Words, Names, and History written by Cecily Clark and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 1995 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cecily Clark (1926-1992) is familiar to medievalists as editor of the Peterborough Chronicle; others will know her work in Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman and Middle English studies, in particular her extensive researches in medieval English onomastics. She lectured at the universities of London, Edinburgh and Aberdeen before settling in Cambridge as Research Fellow of, successively, Newnham College and Clare Hall. She was past joint editor of Nomina, a Council member of the English Place-Name Society, and a member of the International Committee of Onomastic Sciences.
Author : Chicago and North Western Railway Company
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
Download or read book A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways written by Chicago and North Western Railway Company and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jacek Fisiak
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 9780859915717
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (157 download)
Download or read book East Anglian English written by Jacek Fisiak and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2001 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies of the very earliest form of language which can be called English, and its later influence. East Anglia - the easternmost area of England - was probably home to the first-ever form of language which can be called English. East Anglian English has had a very considerable input into the formation of Standard English, and contributed importantly to the development of American English and (to a lesser extent) Southern Hemisphere Englishes; it has also experienced multilingualism on a remarkable scale. However, it has received little attention from linguistic scholars over the years, and this volume provides an overdue assessment. The articles, by leading scholars in the field, cover all aspects of the English of East Anglia from its beginnings to the present day; topics include place names, non-standard grammar, dialect phonology, dialect contact, language contact, and a host of other issues of descriptive, theoretical, historical and sociolinguistic interest and importance. Professor JACEK FISIAKteaches in the Department of English at the Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland; Professor PETER TRUDGILL is Chair of English Linguistics at the University of Fribourg. Contributors: PETER TRUDGILL, JACEK FISIAK, KARL INGE SANDRED, GILLIS KRISTENSSON, LAURA WRIGHT, CLAIRE JONES, TERTU NEVALAINEN, HELENA RAUMOLIN-BRUNBERG, KEN LODGE, DAVID BRITAIN, PATRICIA POUSSA
Author : Allen Mawer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Introduction to the Survey of English Place-names written by Allen Mawer and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kay Muhr
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019252478X
Total Pages : 2365 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)
Download or read book The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names of Ireland written by Kay Muhr and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 2365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names of Ireland contains more than 3,800 entries covering the majority of family names that are established and current in Ireland, both in the Republic and in Northern Ireland. It establishes reliable and accurate explanations of historical origins (including etymologies) and provides variant spellings for each name as well as its geographical distribution, and, where relevant, genealogical and bibliographical notes for family names that have more than 100 bearers in the 1911 census of Ireland. Of particular value are the lists of early bearers of family names, extracted from sources ranging from the medieval period to the nineteenth century, providing for the first time, the evidence on which many surname explanations are based, as well as interesting personal names, locations and often occupations of potential family forbears. This unique Dictionary will be of the greatest interest not only to those interested in Irish history, students of the Irish language, genealogists, and geneticists, but also to the general public, both in Ireland and in the Irish diaspora in North America, Australia, and elsewhere.
Author : Lilian L. Fitzpatrick
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803250604
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (56 download)
Download or read book Nebraska Place-Names written by Lilian L. Fitzpatrick and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1960-01-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the thirty-five years since it was first published, Nebraska Place-Names, thanks to its completeness and reliable scholarship, its excellent arrangement and its readability, not only has remained the standard work on the subject but is by way ofø becoming a classic of its kind. This new edition, which incorporates the complete text of the original study, once more makes available a work of interest to every Nebraskan as well as to social historians, folklorists, and collectors of Western Americana. ø Enriching the Fitzpartick study, and considerably increasing its scope, are four new chapters derived from another standard work, The Origin of the Place Names of Nebraska (The Toponomy of Nebraska) by J. T. Link. These chapters concern, respectively, the name ?Nebraska?; names of cultural features (trails, ranch and overland stations, military posts, Indian reservations, forests, state parks); names of water features (streams, lakes, marshes, swamps, springs, falls); and names of relief features (bluffs, buttes, hills, valleys, canyons, gulches, flats islands).
Author : Jane Kershaw
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199639523
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)
Download or read book Viking Identities written by Jane Kershaw and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-02-14 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surveys the jewellery worn by women in Scandinavian-settled areas of England in the Viking period. Describes and illustrates these dress fittings, many of which have only recently been found. Reveals the extent and nature of female participation in the Viking expansion, which is traditionally viewed as a largely masculine affair.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (35 download)
Download or read book English Place-Name Society: pt. 1. Introduction to the survey of English place-names written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
