Place names & gazetteers books

First published in 1926, this remains the best and most comprehensive reference guide to the Celtic place-names...  Read More >>

From Arles, Bibliotheque Nationale and Fontana to Sanctus, Joinville- le-Pont and Notre-Damedes-Champs, this work...  Read More >>

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Placenames are not just labels for locations, but they are cultural and historic guideposts to past ideas. Here,...  Read More >>

In Singapore, there has been much controversy over place names due to the introduction of Hanyu Pinyin names. This...  Read More >>

Namenwelten ist eine breit angelegte Dokumentation zu Namen und Namenforschung im deutsch-skandinavischen Raum....  Read More >>

Ten years before the Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth Rock, settlers were already moving into the American Southwest,...  Read More >>

This title identifies and explains the origins of nicknames, from historical figures to sports stars, politicians...  Read More >>

A companion ? Indian Place Names in Alabama?, this long out-of-print guide offers a new introduction from Patricia...  Read More >>

An expanded version of the Dictionary of English Place-Names, this dictionary now also covers Scottish, Welsh, and...  Read More >>

All over the world there are places which became famous forever because something happened there - by chance. This...  Read More >>

The Directory's contents include: Alphabetical and Trades and Professions; Directories of Paisley and surrounding...  Read More >>

This wide-ranging study takes the story of Kenneth Jackson's ""Language and History in Early Britain"" on from the...  Read More >>

This title gives us the many captivating stories behind the hundreds of Hawai'i place names associated with the...  Read More >>

This publication comprises of reports and technical papers submitted to the United Nations Conference on the Standardization...  Read More >>

Paisley grew rapidly with the cotton industry, in the 17th and 18th centuries. It became famous worldwide for the...  Read More >>

Paisley grew rapidly with the cotton industry, in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It became famous world-wide...  Read More >>

In volume two, this is a fascinating opportunity to see the social structure of a prosperous Abbey town at the end...  Read More >>

The Oxford Names Companion provides information about place and personal names existing within the British Isles....  Read More >>

Paisley grew rapidly with the cotton industry in the 17th and 18th centuries. The Directory Contents include: Alphabetical...  Read More >>

Londoners and tourists alike probably wonder about the meaning of such street names as Piccadilly, Pall Mall, Old...  Read More >>

This book will help developers in how to name buildings in a historically appropriate and culturally relevant manner...  Read More >>

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