An expanded version of the best-selling Dictionary of English Place-Names, this dictionary now also covers Scottish, Welsh, and Irish place-names. From Abbas Combe to Zennor it gives the meaning and origin of over 15,000 British place-names.
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About the Author:
A.D. Mills is Emeritus Reader in English, University of London, and is a member of the Council of English Place-Name Society and the Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland. His books include Dictionary of London Place Names (OUP, 2001).
Review:
`This is an essential reference book for every local historian's study, and at the price you can afford a second copy for the glove compartment or ruck-sack.'
C P Lewis, Local History Magazine
`Review from previous edition Another volume for every local historian's bookshelf.'
Local Historian
`a book which will prove to be an invaluable travelling companion'
Landscape History
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- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0198527586
- ISBN 13 9780198527589
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages576
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