Place and Field Names, Cookham Parish, Berks (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Darby, Stephen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1333361637 ISBN 13 : 9781333361631

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Discover how Cookham’s place names reveal the history of land, owners, and language.

This concise reference gathers hundreds of names found in Cookham Parish, Berks, and explains how they came to be. It blends place-name etymology with notes from old surveys and maps, offering a clear picture of local history in one accessible volume. In this edition, Place and Field Names, Cookham Parish, Berks sheds light on how names reflect ownership, geography, and linguistic roots, with practical cross-references to key sources.

- Learn the origins of common names and what they say about historic land use and ownership
- See how maps and surveys connect old names to the modern lay of the land
- Explore linguistic roots from Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and other influences in the region
- Find context about how names changed over time and what that reveals about local history

Ideal for readers of local history, genealogy, and anyone curious about how a place’s language records its past.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1333361637
• ISBN 13: 9781333361631
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 98
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