Place-names in the Landscape by Margaret Gelling

Place-names in the Landscape by Margaret Gelling

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Summary

At the forefront of place-name studies, Margaret Gelling makes major advances in our understanding of the derivation of English place-names and of their roots in history and landscape.

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Place-names in the Landscape by Margaret Gelling

The definitive study of British place-names by which Margeret Gelling rediscovers a past missing from the history books: invasions, the movements of whole peoples, the changing uses of land: ever place tells its own story.
Dr Margaret Gelling has been engaged in place-name research since 1946 when she was appointed research assistant to the English Place-Name Society. She is now president of the English Place-Name Society.
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ISBN 13 9781842122648
ISBN 10 1842122649
Title Place-names in the Landscape
Author Margaret Gelling
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Year published 2000-09-21
Number of pages 336
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