The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names: Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society - Couverture souple

Watts, Victor

 
9780521168557: The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names: Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0521168554 ISBN 13 : 9780521168557
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2007

Synopsis

Originally published in 2004, this alphabetical dictionary is a major reference work, based on the archives of the English Place-Name Society and reflecting the scholarship in the subject, of all the names of cities, towns, villages, hamlets, rivers, streams, hills and other geographical locations included in the Ordnance Survey Road Atlas of Great Britain (1983). It provides a reflection of contemporary England, not just its historical past. Every place-name entry has a unique National Grid reference number, a list of historical spellings, the age and meaning of the name and its etymology (pre-Indo-European, Indo-European, Celtic, Primitive Welsh, Anglo-Saxon, Old Norse, Old French, Middle English, Modern English). Where appropriate, a commentary is provided on comparable names, on the problems, history and significance of the name for settlement, economic and social history, the development of the language and on its variant pronunciations and spellings.

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À propos de l?auteur

Victor Watts is Master of Grey College and Dean of Colleges, Durham University. He is the Honorary Director of the English Place-Name Society and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. In addition to many articles and reviews on place-names, he has written Book 17 De herbis et plantis in On the Properties of Things: John Trevisa's Translation of Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Rerum Naturae (1975), and translated Boethius: The Consolation of Philosophy (1969/1999).

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521168554
ISBN 13 
9780521168557
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
778
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9780521362092: The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names: Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0521362091 ISBN 13 :  9780521362092
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2004
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