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C. M. Matthews.
Place Names of the English-Speaking World.
Published London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1972.
ISBN 0297995065.
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printed in the UK by Ebenezer Baylis & Son, the Trinity Press.
Size: 145x220x32mm.
Page count: xi,369pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: the dustjacket on this copy is somewhat ragged at the edges, but previous owner has enclosed it in librafoil to prevent further deterioration; the book itself is in overall good condition, text appears to be free of marking.

This item £8.00
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(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 598g.

How to order this book

No particular medieval emphasis.

Contents: Pre-English inhabitants; Pre-English names of natural features; Roman legacy; First English settlements; Early English personalities; English names from nature; Religious element; Vikings round the British Isles; English counties; Norman influence; The Middle Ages; Language & landscape; Inheritance of the Britons; Gaelic lands; Celtic saints; Approach to the New World; American colonies; United States; Canada; Southern Africa; Australia; New Zealand; Looking round the world; Names of countries; The new vocabulary; Return to Britain.
Appendices: Chronology of events that have influenced place-names; Common place-name elements in the British Isles

Illustrations: no
Maps & plans: 4

Notes: occasional, at foot of page
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: yes
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 3pp
Indexes: Subjects; Place-names

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