The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names: Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0521362091 ISBN 13: 9780521362092

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2004

Riassunto

Alphabetical listing of all place-names of England, with historical and etymological commentaries.

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Recensione

Review of the hardback: '... a captivating resource for those of us simply curious about the oddities of English place-names ... This catalogue of place-names will make an essential tool for anyone seriously involved in the cartography or topography of the British Isles ... It is a project that is dizzying in scale, and manages the rare trick of being a useful commercial resource, an unimpeachable scholarly reference and a source of great pleasure for the curious.' Rare Book Review

Review of the hardback: 'This is the first comprehensive, scholarly, single volume dictionary of English place-names ... impressive ... very unlikely that it will be superseded very soon ... essential for all medium-sized libraries.' Reference Reviews

Review of the hardback: 'The Dictionary is a reliable and comprehensive fund of place-name data and there is much here to provide the interested reader not only with information but with many stimulating ideas.' Landscape History

Descrizione del libro

Originally published in 2004, this is a major reference work, containing around 20,000 entries with historical and etymological commentaries on the names of cities, towns, villages, hamlets, rivers, streams, hills and other geographical locations in England. It also uses maps and illustrations to demonstrate the significance of the names.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521362091
• ISBN 13: 9780521362092
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 778
• Redattore: Watts Victor
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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