Place-names of Ross and Cromarty

Place-names of Ross and Cromarty
Author: William John Watson
Publisher: Inverness The Northern counties Printing and Publishing Company 1904.
Total Pages: 402
Release: 1904
Genre: English language
ISBN:

Place name discoveries on Upper Deeside and the far Highlands

Place name discoveries on Upper Deeside and the far Highlands
Author: Ian Murray
Publisher: Paragon Publishing
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2015-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1782223274

In this book the authors present many unpublished place names from Upper Deeside and from counties in the Highlands beyond. These were heard from indigenous folk back to 1941. Names are given with phonetic spellings, so that readers can pronounce them accurately, and in most cases with translations from Gaelic, Norse, Scots or Pictish into English. The book is richly illustrated with photographs of places and informants. Of interest to residents and visitors, it should help preserve for the future an important aspect of local identity and language.

The Celtic Placenames of Scotland

The Celtic Placenames of Scotland
Author: William J. Watson
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
Total Pages: 472
Release: 2011-06-20
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 178885361X

First published in 1926, this book remains the best and most comprehensive guide to the Celtic place-names of Scotland and is essential reading for anyone interested in Scottish history and the derivations of place-names the length and breadth of the country. It is divided into sections dealing with early names, territorial divisions, general surveys of areas and also looks at saints, church terms and river names. As the standard reference work on the subject it has never been surpassed. This edition contains a new introduction which includes biographical material about the author, together with corrigenda and addenda.