Dictionary Of The Place Names Of Wales

Author : Hywel Wyn Owen,Richard Morgan
Publisher : Gomer Press Limited
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1843239019

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Dictionary of the Place-names of Wales by Hywel Wyn Owen,Richard Morgan Pdf

This scholarly and accessible dictionary, the first of its kind in Wales, deals with most of the place-names of Wales as well as prominent features of the landscape. For each name, the authors provide the evidence of historical forms and dates, identify the etymological elements, comment on the derivation, meaning and linguistic development, and explain the topographic, social or historical significance. Based on the authors' original research and that of other place-names scholars past and present, this authoritative dictionary also includes an invaluable glossary of the place-names elements.

Author : David Mills
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-20
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780199609086

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A Dictionary of British Place-Names by David Mills Pdf

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 : Christina Blackie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Names, Geographical
ISBN : YALE:39002007364277

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Geographical Etymology by Christina Blackie Pdf

Author : Hywel Wyn Owen
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-15
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781783161669

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The Place-Names of Wales by Hywel Wyn Owen Pdf

The Place-Names of Wales was originally published in 1998 and reissued in 2005 in the Pocket Guide series. This current updated publication adds some thirty entries, which importantly take into consideration more recent research. The entry for each place-name provides details of historical forms and dates; analyses each name into its component linguistic elements; tracks the later linguistic development of the name and the influences upon it particularly within a bilingual society; compares the name with similar names elsewhere, and interprets that meaning within the history of Wales and in the local context having regard for the landscape and changing land-use. In addition to explaining the link between place-names and language, history and landscape, the introduction includes a section on the significance of place-name study, and a short section to allow non-Welsh speakers to understand some relevant sound-changes.

Author : Hywel Wyn Owen,Richard Morgan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781800992399

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Dictionary of the Place-Names of Wales by Hywel Wyn Owen,Richard Morgan Pdf

An authoritative dictionary of the meanings and derivations of Welsh place-names. The first of its kind in Wales, this volume deals with most of the place-names of Wales as well as prominent features of the landscape. Also includes an invaluable glossary of the place-name elements. First published in November 2007.

Author : Anthony David Mills
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 567 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : British Isles
ISBN : OCLC:961144213

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A Dictionary of British Place-names by Anthony David Mills Pdf

Author : Hywel Wyn Owen,Ken Lloyd Gruffydd
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781786831118

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Place-Names of Flintshire by Hywel Wyn Owen,Ken Lloyd Gruffydd Pdf

This is the first thorough, authoritative study of the place-names of the entire pre-1974 Flintshire, scholarly in substance, readable in presentation, with its selection of names based on the OS Landranger 1:50,000 map. The entry for each of the 800 names presents a grid reference, documentary and oral evidence with dates, derivation and meaning, and a discussion of the significance of the name in terms of history, language, landscape and industrial associations. Additionally, comparisons are drawn with similar names in other parts of Wales and the UK, and the later linguistic development of names is charted in light of the particular influences of a bilingual society.

Author : Nicholas Carlisle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1811
Category : Wales
ISBN : HARVARD:HXJFPX

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A Topographical Dictionary of the Dominion of Wales by Nicholas Carlisle Pdf

Author : Scott Lloyd
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786830265

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The Arthurian Place Names of Wales by Scott Lloyd Pdf

This new book examines all of the available source materials, dating from the ninth century to the present, that have associated Arthur with sites in Wales. The material ranges from Medieval Latin chronicles, French romances and Welsh poetry through to the earliest printed works, antiquarian notebooks, periodicals, academic publications and finally books, written by both amateur and professional historians alike, in the modern period that have made various claims about the identity of Arthur and his kingdom. All of these sources are here placed in context, with the issues of dating and authorship discussed, and their impact and influence assessed. This book also contains a gazetteer of all the sites mentioned, including those yet to be identified, and traces their Arthurian associations back to their original source.

Author : James Brown Johnston
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1916
Category : Names, Geographical
ISBN : PRNC:32101072897729

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The Place-names of England and Wales by James Brown Johnston Pdf

Contains a brief history of names of geographical locations using Roman and Latin names in England and Wales, the Keltic element and how it influenced the naming of places in England and Wales, the English, Scandinavian and Norman elements, phonetic notes in the alphabet and its mutations in English place names, list of the chief place names in England and Wales with explanations.

Author : Eilert Ekwall
Publisher : Oxford Clarendon Press 1936.
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1936
Category : English language
ISBN : UOM:39015010534231

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names by Eilert Ekwall Pdf

This dictionary, for obvious reasons, cannot lay claim to completeness. It would be an impossible task to deal with English place-names in one volume. The principle has been to include what may be called the chief English place-names. The dictionary embraces names of the country, of the counties, and other important divisions (as craven, kesteven, lindsey), towns (except those of late origin), parishes, villages, some names of estates and hamlets, or even farms, whose names are old and etymologically interesting, rivers, lakes -- also names of capes, hills, bays for which early material is available. Names no longer in real use, have been omitted. The material includes most of the names listed in Bartholomew's Gazetteer, except for those that belong to Wales, Scotland, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.

Author : Richard Morgan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 59 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : English language
ISBN : 0953097404

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Welsh Place-names in Shropshire by Richard Morgan Pdf

Author : T. M. Charles-Edwards
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 816 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198217312

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Wales and the Britons, 350-1064 by T. M. Charles-Edwards Pdf

The most detailed history of the Welsh from Late-Roman Britain to the eve of the Norman Conquest. Integrates the history of religion, language, and literature with the history of events.

Author : C. Blackie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Gazetteers
ISBN : UGA:32108001443111

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A Dictionary of Place-names Giving Their Derivations by C. Blackie Pdf

Author : Adrian Room
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:49015002853274

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A Concise Dictionary of Modern Place-names in Great Britain and Ireland by Adrian Room Pdf

This dictionary fills a major gap in the study of British and Irish place names, being the first to give full coverage to the origins of names that have arisen since 1500. Room traces the origins of over 1,000 names, providing an informative and entertaining excursion through the social history of Great Britain and Ireland over the last 500 years.