Place Names in Kent

Place Names in Kent
Author: J.W. Horsley
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 62
Release: 2023-09-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3368921320

Reproduction of the original.

Place Names in Kent

Place Names in Kent
Author: J. W. Horsley
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2023-10-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3387089333

Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

Riddley Walker

Riddley Walker
Author: Russell Hoban
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2012-05-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1408832240

‘Walker is my name and I am the same. Riddley Walker. Walking my riddels where ever theyve took me and walking them now on this paper the same. There aint that many sir prizes in life if you take noatis of every thing. Every time will have its happenings out and every place the same. Thats why I finely come to writing all this down. Thinking on what the idear of us myt be. Thinking on that thing whats in us lorn and loan and oansome.’ Composed in an English which has never been spoken and laced with a storytelling tradition that predates the written word, RIDDLEY WALKER is the world waiting for us at the bitter end of the nuclear road. It is desolate, dangerous and harrowing, and a modern masterpiece.

The Place-names of Kent

The Place-names of Kent
Author: Johannes Knut Wallenberg
Publisher: Uppsala Appelbergs Boktryckeriaktiebolag 1934.
Total Pages: 658
Release: 1934
Genre: English language
ISBN:

A Dictionary of British Place-Names

A Dictionary of British Place-Names
Author: David Mills
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 574
Release: 2011-10-21
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0191078948

This revised edition of the Dictionary of British Place-Names includes over 17,000 engaging and informative entries, tracing the development of the featured place-names from earliest times to the present day. Included place-names range from the familiar to the obscure, among them 'Beer', 'Findlater', 'Broadbottom', and 'Great Snoring'. The A to Z entries are complemented by a detailed introductory essay discussing the chronology and development of English, Irish, Welsh, and Scottish place-names, as well as an extensive bibliography, maps of Britain showing old and new boundaries, and a glossary of common elements in place-names. Also new to this edition is an appendix of recommended web links pointing to relevant online resources, thereby expanding the scope of the dictionary and providing the reader with an opportunity to explore the subject further. Both accessible and up to date, this dictionary is an ideal companion for anybody travelling around the British Isles, as well as for researchers and students with an interest in toponomy, local history, cartography, and lexicography.

A Dictionary of British Place-Names

A Dictionary of British Place-Names
Author: A. D. Mills
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 840
Release: 2003-10-09
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 0191578479

Over 15,000 A-Z entries covering England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, make this the most comprehensive and up-to-date dictionary of British place names available. From Abbas Combe to Zennor, it gives the meaning and origin of names of counties, towns, and villages, tracing their development from earliest times to the present day. Invaluable for anyone finding out about a local area, lexicographers and local historians alike will be fascinated by what these place-names reveal. The dictionary features an in-depth introductory essay which discusses the chronology and development of British place-names, different types of formation, and sections focusing on Irish, Welsh, and Scottish place-names. It also includes an extensive bibliography for further research, maps of Britain showing old and new boundaries, and provides a Glossary of common elements in place-names. This critically acclaimed dictionary has been described as 'an indispensable travellling companion' (Landscape History), and 'another volume for every local historian's bookshelf' (Local Historian).

California Place Names

California Place Names
Author: Erwin G. Gudde
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 496
Release: 1998
Genre: History
ISBN: 0520266196

This anniversary edition concentrates on the origins of the names currently used for the cities, towns, settlements, mountains, and streams of California, with engrossing accounts of the history of their usage. The dictionary includes a glossary and a bibliography.

Place-names, Language and the Anglo-Saxon Landscape

Place-names, Language and the Anglo-Saxon Landscape
Author: N. J. Higham
Publisher: Boydell Press
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2011
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1843836033

An exploration of the landscape of Anglo-Saxon England, particularly through the prism of place-names and what they can reveal.