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John Ayto and Ian Crofton; place-name consultant Paul Cavill.
Brewer’s Britain and Ireland: the history, culture, folklore and etymology of 7500 places in these islands.

Published London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2005.
ISBN 030435385X;
ISBN-13: 9780304353859.
Binding: hardback, perfect bound.
Printed in Finland by WS Bookwell.
Size: 180x236x56mm.
Page count: xxix,1267pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition very good: this copy has some mild wear to the dustjacket, shows some evidence of handling, some light smudges to the page edges, but overall doesn’t look heavily used, text appears to be free of marking.


This item £9.50
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within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging:1804g.

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No overall medieval emphasis, though naturally includes plenty of medieval material.

Illustrations: no
Maps & plans: 5

Appendices: Investigating place-names; Administrative names; Church & ecclesiastical names.
Introduction: 15pp
Notes: no
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: Place-name elements
Bibliography: no
Index: no

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