Shropshire Place-Names ending in "-ford".

Shropshire Place-Names ending in
Author: Susan Laflin
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2015-04-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 1326237225
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In 2000, as part of an M.A. course in Birmingham University, I made a study of place-names in Shropshire ending in "-ford". The resulting dissertation has now been edited and presented in this booklet. It describes the 64 place visited with place-names ending in -ford and discusses their relevance to the road system and the settlement pattern. Since the relation of these place-names to the Roman roads in Shropshire is an important part of the study, a summary of what is known about Roman Roads in Shropshire is also included.

Place-Names of Flintshire

Place-Names of Flintshire
Author: Hywel Wyn Owen
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2017-07-01
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1786831112
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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.

Celtic Places & Placenames

Celtic Places & Placenames
Author: John Moss
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2022-09-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 1399087509
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‘Celtic Places’ are typified by some several hundred townships and villages whose names still bear the imprint of their earliest Celtic roots, but the scope of the book is not restricted to human settlements; it is also true of the many mountains and rivers that they named, and to several thousand sites of standing stone monuments, Celtic high crosses, henges, hill figures, funeral barrows and hillforts, which are all included in the book. What they all have in common is that they reflect the rich cultural heritage that was implicit in the names of places in the British Isles and Ireland as it existed before the Romans arrived.