English Place-Names Explained: Their Origins and Meaning - eBook

Name: English Place-Names Explained: Their Origins and Meaning - eBook
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ISBN: 9781846748448

By: Charles Whynne-Hammond

Countryside Books / 2013 / ePub

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Title: English Place-Names Explained: Their Origins and Meaning - eBook
By: Charles Whynne-Hammond
Format: DRM Protected ePub
Vendor: Countryside Books

Publication Date: 2013
ISBN: 9781846748448
ISBN-13: 9781846748448
Stock No: WW41128EB

Publisher's Description

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Blubberhouses, Stanstead Mountfitchet and Melbury Bubb ! English place—names can be curious and amusing. They can also tell us about our past. England’s towns,villages farms, and even fields, have names whose beginnings stretch back over 2,000 years. In this well—researched book Charles Whynne-Hammond explains the meanings and derivations of these names. He also covers the names of cinemas, theatres, football clubs, and even shopping centres.

Author Bio

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Charles Whynne-Hammond has specialised in historical geography for many years, travelling widely for his research. He has written and lectured on landscape development, local history and the countryside.Previous books range from academic textbooks to walking guides.