George Redmonds

Names and History

People, Places and Things

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Names are everywhere, identifying people, places, animals, plants, public houses and fields. The investigations in this work involve detective stories into the connections between names and related subjects - archaeology and the landscape; genealogy, genetics and family networks; dialects and social customs; and industrial and farming practices.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 161mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 434g
• ISBN-13: 9781852855079
• ISBN-10: 185285507X
• Artikelnr.: 21237975

Autorenporträt

George Redmonds is the author of numerous books on name topics - most recently Surnames and Genealogy and Christian Names in Local and Family History. In 2001 he presented the BBC radio 4 series Surnames, Genes and Genealogy.

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations
Introduction
1 Source Detective
2 The Surname Revolution
3 Surname Excursions
4 The Local History of Place-Names
5 Minor Place-Names
6 Field Names
7 First Names
8 Inns and Public Houses
9 Animals
10 Unofficial Place-Names
11 Streets
12 Ships and Fabrics
13 Plants
Appendices
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index