A Dictionary of British Place-Names

ISBN13: 9780198527589ISBN10: 0198527586 Paperback, 582 pages
Oct 2003,  In Stock

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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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582 pages; maps; ISBN13: 978-0-19-852758-9ISBN10: 0-19-852758-6

About the Author(s)

A. D. Mills, Emeritus Reader in English, University of London

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