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Author : David Mills
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 54,5 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 : 52,8 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 : Eilert Ekwall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : English language
ISBN : OCLC:1004990143
Author : Victor Watts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1107196892
Alphabetical listing of all place-names of England, with historical and etymological commentaries.
Author : John Everett-Heath
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Gazetteers
ISBN : 0191866326
"Includes over 11,000 entries. This dictionary explores the history, meanings, and origin of place names around the world. It covers continents, countries, regions, islands, bays, capes, cities, towns, deserts, lakes, mountains, and rivers, giving the name in the local language as well as key historical facts associated with many place names. The fourth edition includes updates to French regions and to Ukrainian place names. In addition to the entries themselves, the dictionary includes a glossary of foreign word elements which appear in place names and their meaning, as well as a list of personalities and leaders who have influenced the naming of places around the world"--Publisher.
Author : Patrick Hanks,Richard Coates,Peter McClure
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,9 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 : A. D. Mills
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2010-03-11
Category : Reference
ISBN : 019956678X
A unique gazetteer that clearly explains the fascinating origins and meanings behind the names of over 1,700 places, streets, and areas within the English capital, including the Greater London Boroughs. It also features maps, an extended introduction on the development of these place-names, a detailed glossary, and recommended web links.
Author : Caroline Taggart
Publisher : Random House
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,8 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 : Klaus Forster
Publisher : Routledge & Kegan Paul Books
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 48,7 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 : Diana Whaley,English Place-Name Society
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Gazetteers
ISBN : 0904889726
Author : Patrick Hanks,Flavia Hodges,Kate Hardcastle
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,5 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 : Kenneth Cameron
Publisher : B.T. Batsford
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,5 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 : Eilert Ekwall
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:49015002853258
Author : Tom Savage
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781587297595
Lourdes and Churchtown, Woden and Clio, Emerson and Sigourney, Tripoli and Waterloo, Prairie City and Prairieburg, Tama and Swedesburg, What Cheer and Coin. Iowa’s place-names reflect the religions, myths, cultures, families, heroes, whimsies, and misspellings of the Hawkeye State’s inhabitants. Tom Savage spent four years corresponding with librarians, city and county officials, and local historians, reading newspaper archives, and exploring local websites in an effort to find out why these communities received their particular names, when they were established, and when they were incorporated. Savage includes information on the place-names of all 1,188 incorporated and unincorporated communities in Iowa that meet at least two of the following qualifications: twenty-five or more residents; a retail business; an annual celebration or festival; a school; church, or cemetery; a building on the National Register of Historic Places; a zip-coded post office; or an association with a public recreation site. If a town’s name has changed over the years, he provides information about each name; if a name’s provenance is unclear, he provides possible explanations. He also includes information about the state’s name and about each of its ninety-nine counties as well as a list of ghost towns. The entries range from the counties of Adair to Wright and from the towns of Abingdon to Zwingle; from Iowa’s oldest town, Dubuque, starting as a mining camp in the 1780s and incorporated in 1841, to its newest, Maharishi Vedic City, incorporated in 2001. The imaginations and experiences of its citizens played a role in the naming of Iowa’s communities, as did the hopes of the huge influx of immigrants who settled the state in the 1800s. Tom Savage’s dictionary of place-names provides an appealing genealogical and historical background to today’s map of Iowa. “It is one of the beauties of Iowa that travel across the state brings a person into contact with so many wonderful names, some of which a traveler may understand immediately, but others may require a bit of investigation. Like the poet Stephen Vincent Benét, we have fallen in love with American names. They are part of our soul, be they family names, town names, or artifact names. We identify with them and are identified with them, and we cannot live without them. This book will help us learn more about them and integrate them into our beings.”—from the foreword by Loren N. Horton “Primghar, O’Brien County. Primghar was established by W. C. Green and James Roberts on November 8, 1872. The name of the town comes from the initials of the eight men who were instrumental in developing it. A short poem memorializes the men and their names: Pumphrey, the treasurer, drives the first nail; Roberts, the donor, is quick on his trail; Inman dips slyly his first letter in; McCormack adds M, which makes the full Prim; Green, thinking of groceries, gives them the G; Hayes drops them an H, without asking a fee; Albright, the joker, with his jokes all at par; Rerick brings up the rear and crowns all ‘Primghar.’ Primghar was incorporated on February 15, 1888.”
Author : Anthony David Mills
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 49,5 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.
