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Author : David Mills
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-20
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780199609086
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 : Anthony David Mills
Publisher : Oxford [England] : Oxford University Press
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : STANFORD:36105023057735
This is the most authoritative and up-to-date dictionary of English place-names available in paperback. From Abbas Combe to Zennor, it gives the meaning and origin of over 12,000 place-names, tracing their development from earliest times to the present day. This second edition adds 300 new entries, expands existing ones, and holds a glossary and extensive bibliography.
Author : Anthony David Mills
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 567 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : British Isles
ISBN : OCLC:961144213
Author : Patrick Hanks,Richard Coates,Peter McClure
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780192527479
Containing entries for more than 45,000 English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish, Cornish, and immigrant surnames, The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland is the ultimate reference work on family names of the UK. The Dictionary includes every surname that currently has more than 100 bearers. Each entry contains lists of variant spellings of the name, an explanation of its origins (including the etymology), lists of early bearers showing evidence for formation and continuity from the date of formation down to the 19th century, geographical distribution, and, where relevant, genealogical and bibliographical notes, making this a fully comprehensive work on family names. This authoritative guide also includes an introductory essay explaining the historical background, formation, and typology of surnames and a guide to surnames research and family history research. Additional material also includes a list of published and unpublished lists of surnames from the Middle Ages to the present day.
Author : Caroline Taggart
Publisher : Random House
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011-06-08
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781409034988
Take a journey down winding lanes and Roman roads in this witty and informative guide to the meanings behind the names of England's towns and villages. From Celtic farmers to Norman conquerors, right up to the Industrial Revolution, deciphering our place names reveals how generations of our ancestors lived, worked, travelled and worshipped, and how their influence has shaped our landscape. From the most ancient sacred sites to towns that take their names from stories of giants and knights, learn how Roman garrisons became our great cities, and discover how a meeting of the roads could become a thriving market town. Region by region, Caroline Taggart uncovers hidden meanings to reveal a patchwork of tall tales and ancient legends that collectively tells the story of how we made England.
Author : Eilert Ekwall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : English language
ISBN : OCLC:1004990143
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:474580836
Author : Patrick Hanks,Flavia Hodges,Kate Hardcastle
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2006-07-27
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780191578540
This Dictionary is part of the Oxford Reference Collection: using sustainable print-on-demand technology to make the acclaimed backlist of the Oxford Reference programme perennially available in hardback format. The fascinating and informative Dictionary of First Names covers over 6,000 names in common use in English, including the very newest names as well as traditional names. From Alice to Zanna and Adam to Zola this book will answer all your questions: it will tell you the age, origin, and meaning of the name, as well as how it has fared in terms of popularity, and who the famous fictional or historical bearers for the name have been. It covers alternative spellings, short forms and pet forms, and masculine and feminine forms, as well as help with pronunciation. The book includes extensive appendices covering names from languages including Scottish, Irish, French, German, Italian, Arabic, and Chinese names. Tables of the most popular names by year and by region are also included. From the traditional to the rare and unconventional, this book will tell you everything you need to know about names.
Author : Adrian Room
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015056889507
A comprehensive A-Z guide to the meaning and history of 6000 place name from England, Scotland and Wales. Unlocking the meaning of a place namecan provide fasinating insights into the history and development of a community. A place name can tell us when a town was founded, who founded it what the surrounding countryside was like and even which animals lived there. This dictionary provides the key. Covering names of countries, regions, cities, towns, suburbs, villages and rivers. In each case it explains precisely the place names means, what language it is derived from (for example, Anglo-Saxon, Celtic) and when it was first recorded and provides a host of background details. The dictionary also explains the meaning and significance of comman elements in place names (for example, ham) and includes a number of maps.
Author : Victor Watts,John Insley,Margaret Gelling
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0521168554
Victor Watt's reference work comprises a completely new compilation, based on the archives of the English Place-Name Society. It reflects the most recent scholarship for all names of cities, towns, villages, hamlets, rivers, streams, hills and other geographical locations included in the Ordnance Survey Road Atlas of Great Britain (1983), with many more recent additions. The Dictionary will be of interest to geographers, historians, historical linguists and language scholars.
Author : Anthony David Mills
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : UOM:39015049517041
From Abbey Road to Yeading Brook and Garlick Hill to Puddle Dock, this new authoritative and absorbing dictionary covers over 1,700 names of streets, places, and areas of Greater London. Here, readers can discover the linguistic and historical origins of these place names and their significance, following the development of the city from pre-Celtic times to the present day. This is an excellent reference guide for local historians and is fascinating reading for both Londoners and visitors to the city.
Author : Kenneth Cameron
Publisher : B.T. Batsford
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015046856657
Since this work on English place-names was first published in 1961, a great deal of research has been undertaken, and material has been published which is of importance to the interpretation of individual names and the understanding of the significance of groups of place-names. This revised and updated edition explains the technique of place-name study, examines the types of place-name formation, both ancient and modern, and includes a new chapter on modern place-names. It covers names of Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, Scandinavian and French origin, those with Christian and pagan signifance, those illustrating social and legal customs, and other associations.
Author : Klaus Forster
Publisher : Routledge & Kegan Paul Books
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015008301197
This dictionary presents a collection of not only the standard or "official" pronunciations but also of local, dialectal and archaic forms of over 12,000 different English counties, towns, villages and farms, as well as natural features such as rivers and mountains and even street - names of some major cities such as London, Leeds and Bristol.
Author : Harry Parkin,Lecturer in English Language Harry Parkin
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 1024 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-03
Category : Names, Personal
ISBN : 0198868251
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain provides information on almost all names with more than 30 bearers in the UK 2011 census, based on the latest research. Each of the around 43,500 entries covers the name's etymology, variants, frequency, and historical and geographical distribution.
Author : Greg Brooks
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781783741076
This book will tell all you need to know about British English spelling. It's a reference work intended for anyone interested in the English language, especially those who teach it, whatever the age or mother tongue of their students. It will be particularly useful to those wishing to produce well-designed materials for teaching initial literacy via phonics, for teaching English as a foreign or second language, and for teacher training. English spelling is notoriously complicated and difficult to learn; it is correctly described as much less regular and predictable than any other alphabetic orthography. However, there is more regularity in the English spelling system than is generally appreciated. This book provides, for the first time, a thorough account of the whole complex system. It does so by describing how phonemes relate to graphemes and vice versa. It enables searches for particular words, so that one can easily find, not the meanings or pronunciations of words, but the other words with which those with unusual phoneme-grapheme/grapheme-phoneme correspondences keep company. Other unique features of this book include teacher-friendly lists of correspondences and various regularities not described by previous authorities, for example the strong tendency for the letter-name vowel phonemes (the names of the letters ) to be spelt with those single letters in non-final syllables.
