Author: Hywel Wyn Owen
Publisher: University of Wales Press
ISBN: 1783161663
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
The Place-Names of Wales was originally published in 1998 and reissued in 2005 in the Pocket Guide series. This current updated publication adds some thirty entries, which importantly take into consideration more recent research. The entry for each place-name provides details of historical forms and dates; analyses each name into its component linguistic elements; tracks the later linguistic development of the name and the influences upon it particularly within a bilingual society; compares the name with similar names elsewhere, and interprets that meaning within the history of Wales and in the local context having regard for the landscape and changing land-use. In addition to explaining the link between place-names and language, history and landscape, the introduction includes a section on the significance of place-name study, and a short section to allow non-Welsh speakers to understand some relevant sound-changes.
The Place-Names of Wales
Author: Hywel Wyn Owen
Publisher: University of Wales Press
ISBN: 1783161663
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
The Place-Names of Wales was originally published in 1998 and reissued in 2005 in the Pocket Guide series. This current updated publication adds some thirty entries, which importantly take into consideration more recent research. The entry for each place-name provides details of historical forms and dates; analyses each name into its component linguistic elements; tracks the later linguistic development of the name and the influences upon it particularly within a bilingual society; compares the name with similar names elsewhere, and interprets that meaning within the history of Wales and in the local context having regard for the landscape and changing land-use. In addition to explaining the link between place-names and language, history and landscape, the introduction includes a section on the significance of place-name study, and a short section to allow non-Welsh speakers to understand some relevant sound-changes.
Publisher: University of Wales Press
ISBN: 1783161663
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
The Place-Names of Wales was originally published in 1998 and reissued in 2005 in the Pocket Guide series. This current updated publication adds some thirty entries, which importantly take into consideration more recent research. The entry for each place-name provides details of historical forms and dates; analyses each name into its component linguistic elements; tracks the later linguistic development of the name and the influences upon it particularly within a bilingual society; compares the name with similar names elsewhere, and interprets that meaning within the history of Wales and in the local context having regard for the landscape and changing land-use. In addition to explaining the link between place-names and language, history and landscape, the introduction includes a section on the significance of place-name study, and a short section to allow non-Welsh speakers to understand some relevant sound-changes.
Place-Names of Flintshire
Author: Hywel Wyn Owen
Publisher: University of Wales Press
ISBN: 1786831120
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
This is the first thorough, authoritative study of the place-names of the entire pre-1974 Flintshire, scholarly in substance, readable in presentation, with its selection of names based on the OS Landranger 1:50,000 map. The entry for each of the 800 names presents a grid reference, documentary and oral evidence with dates, derivation and meaning, and a discussion of the significance of the name in terms of history, language, landscape and industrial associations. Additionally, comparisons are drawn with similar names in other parts of Wales and the UK, and the later linguistic development of names is charted in light of the particular influences of a bilingual society.
Publisher: University of Wales Press
ISBN: 1786831120
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
This is the first thorough, authoritative study of the place-names of the entire pre-1974 Flintshire, scholarly in substance, readable in presentation, with its selection of names based on the OS Landranger 1:50,000 map. The entry for each of the 800 names presents a grid reference, documentary and oral evidence with dates, derivation and meaning, and a discussion of the significance of the name in terms of history, language, landscape and industrial associations. Additionally, comparisons are drawn with similar names in other parts of Wales and the UK, and the later linguistic development of names is charted in light of the particular influences of a bilingual society.
Dictionary of the Place-Names of Wales
Author: Hywel Wyn Owen
Publisher:
ISBN: 1800992394
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
An authoritative dictionary of the meanings and derivations of Welsh place-names. The first of its kind in Wales, this volume deals with most of the place-names of Wales as well as prominent features of the landscape. Also includes an invaluable glossary of the place-name elements. First published in November 2007.
Publisher:
ISBN: 1800992394
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
An authoritative dictionary of the meanings and derivations of Welsh place-names. The first of its kind in Wales, this volume deals with most of the place-names of Wales as well as prominent features of the landscape. Also includes an invaluable glossary of the place-name elements. First published in November 2007.
The Place-names of Wales
Author: Thomas Morgan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Handbook of the Origin of Place-names in Wales and Monmouthshire
Author: Thomas Morgan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
The Arthurian Place Names of Wales
Author: Scott Lloyd
Publisher: University of Wales Press
ISBN: 1786830272
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
This new book examines all of the available source materials, dating from the ninth century to the present, that have associated Arthur with sites in Wales. The material ranges from Medieval Latin chronicles, French romances and Welsh poetry through to the earliest printed works, antiquarian notebooks, periodicals, academic publications and finally books, written by both amateur and professional historians alike, in the modern period that have made various claims about the identity of Arthur and his kingdom. All of these sources are here placed in context, with the issues of dating and authorship discussed, and their impact and influence assessed. This book also contains a gazetteer of all the sites mentioned, including those yet to be identified, and traces their Arthurian associations back to their original source.
Publisher: University of Wales Press
ISBN: 1786830272
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
This new book examines all of the available source materials, dating from the ninth century to the present, that have associated Arthur with sites in Wales. The material ranges from Medieval Latin chronicles, French romances and Welsh poetry through to the earliest printed works, antiquarian notebooks, periodicals, academic publications and finally books, written by both amateur and professional historians alike, in the modern period that have made various claims about the identity of Arthur and his kingdom. All of these sources are here placed in context, with the issues of dating and authorship discussed, and their impact and influence assessed. This book also contains a gazetteer of all the sites mentioned, including those yet to be identified, and traces their Arthurian associations back to their original source.
The Place-names of Shropshire
Author: Margaret Gelling
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
The Place-names of Herefordshire
Author: Arthur Thomas Bannister
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
A Dictionary of Place-names Giving Their Derivations
Author: C. Blackie
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gazetteers
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gazetteers
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
British place-names in their historical setting
Author: E. McClure
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 1177632063
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 1177632063
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description