C Stella Davies, John Levitt

What's in a Name?

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First Published in 1970, What's in a Name is intended for the layman who feels some curiosity about local names and would like to know more about them- their history, the clues they hold to the life of the past, and the methods of discovering what they have to tell.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 114
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032830537
• ISBN-10: 1032830530
• Artikelnr.: 70344283

Autorenporträt

C. Stella Davies and John Levitt

Inhaltsangabe

1. Preliminaries 2. The Earliest Known Place-names 3. The Coming of the
English 4. The Spread of Settlement 5. Religion and Superstition 6. The
Coming of the Vikings 7. The Normans and After 8. Curiosities 9.
Place-names and the English Language Taking it Further Index of Place-names
Maps