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A Pocket Guide to the Place-Names of Wales Hywel Wyn Owen

A Pocket Guide to the Place-Names of Wales By Hywel Wyn Owen

A Pocket Guide to the Place-Names of Wales by Hywel Wyn Owen


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Summary

Commencing with an introduction to the study of place-names and how names can reveal fascinating insights into the people, history, environment and language of places, the bulk of this guide consists of a dictionary of place-names found in Wales.

A Pocket Guide to the Place-Names of Wales Summary

A Pocket Guide to the Place-Names of Wales by Hywel Wyn Owen

This is the fourth in the extremely successful Pocket Guide series. This is a fascinating book for anyone who wishes to know something about the place-names of Wales. Much has been written recently about place-names. The media and popular press coverage provide ample evidence of a current surge in interest in the names that surround us. This perhaps reflects a greater awareness of the local history and depth of culture, which is present in Wales. There is an interplay between Welsh and English which often manifests in place-names. The introduction deals briefly with what the study of place-names involves and how names can reveal fascinating insights into the people, history, environment and language of places. The bulk of the book is made up of what might be termed a dictionary of place-names.

A Pocket Guide to the Place-Names of Wales Reviews

'All this is preceded by an excellent introduction, again a model of concise presentation of relevant information ... it is a mine of fascinating information which will illuminate any visit to Wales or many questions of Welsh place names and is warmly welcomed and recommended by this interested layman.' Reference Reviews

About Hywel Wyn Owen

Emeritus Professor Hywel Wyn Owen is an acknowledged authority on place-names in Wales, and was formerly director of the Place-Name Research Centre at Bangor University. He is a founder member of the Welsh Place-Name Society, Honorary Vice-President of the English Place-Name Society, and former president of the Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland.

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GOR001334254
9780708314586
0708314589
A Pocket Guide to the Place-Names of Wales by Hywel Wyn Owen
Used - Very Good
Paperback
University of Wales Press
1998-03-01
120
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