The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names: Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society

by Victor Watts (Editor), John Insley (Editor), Margaret Gelling (Advistory Editor)

Victor Watt's reference work comprises a completely new compilation, based on the archives of the English Place-Name Society. It reflects the most recent scholarship for all names of cities, towns, villages, hamlets, rivers, streams, hills and other geographical locations included in the Ordnance Survey Road Atlas of Great Britain (1983), with many more recent additions. The Dictionary will be of interest to geographers, historians, historical linguists and language scholars.

778 pages, Hardcover

First published January 15, 2004