The Cambridge Dictionary Of English Place Names

Download or read book The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names written by Victor Watts and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-02-03 with total page 778 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Victor Watt's reference work comprises a completely new compilation, based on the archives of the English Place-Name Society. It reflects the most recent scholarship for all names of cities, towns, villages, hamlets, rivers, streams, hills and other geographical locations included in the Ordnance Survey Road Atlas of Great Britain (1983), with many more recent additions. The Dictionary will be of interest to geographers, historians, historical linguists and language scholars.