Key Features:
An expanded version of the best-selling Dictionary of English Place-Names - over 130,000 sold
- Irish, Scottish, and Welsh place-names now added
- Over 15,000 entries covering meaning and origin of British place-names
- Maps showing boundaries of historical and modern counties, including new maps for Ireland
- Names listed as they appear on maps and road signs
- Ideal reference for tourists, lexicographers, and historians
- Updated and revised to cover new boundaries
Description:
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. 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).
PREVIOUS EDITION: 0198691033 entitled The Dictionary of English Place-Names
Competition:
The Penguin Dictionary of British Place Names by Adrian Room. Published 03/2003 £8.99. Publisher: Penguin. Comments: We have over 5,000 more entries and yet are priced the same. Ours has long-standing sales history as previously titled Dictionary of English Place-Names.
Pocket Reference Dictionary of British Place NamesPublished 1995 £2.99. Publisher: Tiger Books. Comments: Only 4,000 entries, older and not as up-to-date or comprehensive as ours
Dictionary of Place Names by Adrian Room. Published 1993 £6.99. Publisher: Bloomsbury. Comments: Only 4,000 entries, we have 15,000. Not as up-to-date or comprehensive as ours
The Guinness Book of British Place Names by Fred MacDonald, Julia Cresswell. Published 1993 £8.99. Publisher: Gullane Publishing. Comments: Older and much shorter than ours
An expanded version of the best-selling Dictionary of English Place-Names - over 130,000 sold
- Irish, Scottish, and Welsh place-names now added
- Over 15,000 entries covering meaning and origin of British place-names
- Maps showing boundaries of historical and modern counties, including new maps for Ireland
- Names listed as they appear on maps and road signs
- Ideal reference for tourists, lexicographers, and historians
- Updated and revised to cover new boundaries
Description:
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. 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).
PREVIOUS EDITION: 0198691033 entitled The Dictionary of English Place-Names
Competition:
The Penguin Dictionary of British Place Names by Adrian Room. Published 03/2003 £8.99. Publisher: Penguin. Comments: We have over 5,000 more entries and yet are priced the same. Ours has long-standing sales history as previously titled Dictionary of English Place-Names.
Pocket Reference Dictionary of British Place NamesPublished 1995 £2.99. Publisher: Tiger Books. Comments: Only 4,000 entries, older and not as up-to-date or comprehensive as ours
Dictionary of Place Names by Adrian Room. Published 1993 £6.99. Publisher: Bloomsbury. Comments: Only 4,000 entries, we have 15,000. Not as up-to-date or comprehensive as ours
The Guinness Book of British Place Names by Fred MacDonald, Julia Cresswell. Published 1993 £8.99. Publisher: Gullane Publishing. Comments: Older and much shorter than ours