Place names & gazetteers books

315 books were found.

Herefordshire Place Names

Herefordshire Place Names

Author: Anthony Poulton-Smith
ISBN: 9781907741098
Format: Paperback
$25.75

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Street Names of Grimsby

Street Names of Grimsby

Author: Emma Lingard
ISBN: 9781860777202
Format: Paperback
$32.99

This title details the history of Grimsby's streets. It gives an insight into why and how the streets got their...  Read More >>

What's in an English Place-name?: A History of England in Its Place-names

What's in an English Place-name?: A History of England...

Author: William Lewis
ISBN: 9780956510617
Format: Paperback
$25.85

EVERYONE KNOWS OF THE ARTIFACTS of England's distant past from bones and fossils to jewellery and tools are buried...  Read More >>

A Dictionary of British Place-Names

A Dictionary of British Place-Names

Author: David Mills (Emeritus Reader in English, University of London and member of the Council of the English Place Name Society and of the Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland)
ISBN: 9780199609086
Format: Paperback
$30.95

A gazetteer tracing the origin and meaning of more than 17,000 place-names throughout Britain, this A-Z is a treasury...  Read More >>

Nicknames of Places: Origins and Meanings of the Alternate and Secondary Names, Sobriquets, Titles, Epithets and Slogans for 4600 Places Worldwide

Nicknames of Places: Origins and Meanings of the Alternate...

Author: Adrian Room
ISBN: 9780786466238
Format: Paperback
$145.20

This new dictionary is devoted to over 4,500 secondary place names. The entries are arranged alphabetically by secondary...  Read More >>

The Invisible Hands: Top Hedge Fund Traders on Bubbles, Crashes, and Real Money

The Invisible Hands: Top Hedge Fund Traders on Bubbles,...

Author: Steven Drobny ,  Nouriel Roubini
ISBN: 9781118065488
Format: Paperback
$50.03

Hedge fund managers who survived and profited through the 2008 financial crisis share their secrets In light of...  Read More >>

Street Names of the City of Liverpool

Street Names of the City of Liverpool

Author: Steven Horton
ISBN: 9781906823573
Format: Paperback
$19.41

Get the most current and up-to-date run down of Liverpool's many streets in this revised edition.  Read More >>

A History of Whitby and Its Place Names

A History of Whitby and Its Place Names

Author: Colin Waters
ISBN: 9781445604299
Format: Paperback
$32.99

A fascinating, comprehensive and easily accessible guide to the ancient town of Whitby.  Read More >>

Place-names, Language and the Anglo-Saxon Landscape

Place-names, Language and the Anglo-Saxon Landscape...

Author: Nicholas J. Higham ,  Martin J. Ryan
ISBN: 9781843836032
Format: Hardback
$207.00

An exploration of the landscape of Anglo-Saxon England, particularly through the prism of place-names and what they...  Read More >>

What's in a Street Name?

What's in a Street Name?

Author: Antony Badsey-Ellis
ISBN: 9781854143501
Format: Paperback
$12.81

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Cambridge Street-Names: Their Origins and Associations

Cambridge Street-Names: Their Origins and Associations...

Author: Ronald Gray (University of Cambridge) ,  Derek Stubbings
ISBN: 9780511496219
Format: Undefined
$435.60

This book, first published in 2000, draws on the great wealth of associations of street-names in Cambridge. It is...  Read More >>

Understanding Welsh Place Names: What They Mean and How to Say Them

Understanding Welsh Place Names: What They Mean and...

Author: Gwili Gog
ISBN: 9780955355745
Format: Paperback
$23.26

Helps non-Welsh speakers translate and understand place names all over Wales - on the map, on road signs, and out...  Read More >>

Why Do Shepherds Need a Bush?: London's Underground History of Tube Station Names

Why Do Shepherds Need a Bush?: London's Underground...

Author: David Hilliam
ISBN: 9780752455266
Format: Hardback
$24.95

Until the mid-19th century, London  Read More >>

Les Livres Classiques de L'Empire de La Chine V3 (1785)

Les Livres Classiques de L'Empire de La Chine V3 (1785)...

Author: Francois Noel
ISBN: 9781165971060
Format: Hardback
$88.60

Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of...  Read More >>

The North Carolina Gazetteer, 2nd Ed: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places and Their History

The North Carolina Gazetteer, 2nd Ed: A Dictionary of...

Author: Michael Hill ,  Michael Hill
ISBN: 9780807871386
Format: Paperback
$66.00

Looking beyond the post-World War II era and the emergence of the Sunbelt economy to examine recent and contemporary...  Read More >>

The North Carolina Gazetteer, 2nd Ed: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places and Their History

The North Carolina Gazetteer, 2nd Ed: A Dictionary of...

Author: Michael Hill ,  Michael Hill
ISBN: 9780807833995
Format: Hardback
$184.80

North Carolina Gazetteer, 2nd Ed: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places and Their History  Read More >>

Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States, Giving the Location, Physical Aspect, Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Climate, Productive and Manufact

Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States,...

Author: Fanning ,  Books Heritage Books
ISBN: 9781556133718
Format: Paperback
$81.84

A browser's delight, and perhaps the gateway to an ancestor's hometown which can no longer be found on modern-day...  Read More >>

Street Names of Cleethorpes

Street Names of Cleethorpes

Author: Alan Dowling
ISBN: 9781860776052
Format: Paperback
$37.99

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British Columbia Place Names

British Columbia Place Names

Author: Mark Thorburn
ISBN: 9781896124469
Format: Paperback
$38.79

Whether the names come from the First Nations peoples, the English and Spanish explorers who sailed along BC's coast,...  Read More >>

South Devon Place Names

South Devon Place Names

Author: Anthony Poulton-Smith
ISBN: 9781848687240
Format: Paperback
$33.61

South Devon Place Names provides an interesting insight into some of the county's more unusual place names.  Read More >>

Northamptonshire Place Names

Northamptonshire Place Names

Author: Anthony Poulton-Smith
ISBN: 9781848687189
Format: Paperback
$41.37

Northamptonshire Place Names provides an interesting insight into some of the county's more unusual place names....  Read More >>

A Dictionary of London Place-Names

A Dictionary of London Place-Names

Author: A. D. Mills (Emeritus Reader in English, University of London, and member of the Council of the English Place-Name Society and of the Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland.)
ISBN: 9780199566785
Format: Paperback
$26.95

A unique gazetteer that clearly explains the fascinating origins and meanings behind the names of over 1,700 places,...  Read More >>

Somerset Place Names

Somerset Place Names

Author: Anthony Poulton-Smith
ISBN: 9781848687820
Format: Paperback
$43.96

Somerset Place Names provides an interesting insight into some of the county's more unusual place names.  Read More >>

Dorset Place Names

Dorset Place Names

Author: Anthony Poulton-Smith
ISBN: 9781848687264
Format: Paperback
$49.14

Dorset Place Names provides an interesting insight into some of the county's more unusual place names.  Read More >>

White Horse Inns: An Historical Vignette

White Horse Inns: An Historical Vignette

Author: Araminta Aldington ,  Sally Potter
ISBN: 9781906775124
Format: Paperback
$43.96

A great deal of Britain's heritage is to be found in its Inns which, over the centuries, have formed a central part...  Read More >>

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