Place names and gazetteers Books
University of Hawai'i Press Place Names of Hawaii
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£16.11
University of Hawai'i Press Niihau Place Names
Book SynopsisThe story of Ni'ihau has been told many times by many people, but this book adds new information to the island's history from a unique source: Hawaiian-language newspapers. John Clark has gathered and edited a large collection of invaluable articles that recorded daily life on Ni'ihau, events and topics of interest, and the island's place names.
£29.96
University of Texas Press Texas Place Names
Book SynopsisWas Gasoline, Texas, named in honor of a gas station? Nope, but the name does honor the town’s original claim to fame: a gasoline-powered cotton gin. Is Paris, Texas, a reference to Paris, France? Yes: Thomas Poteet, who donated land for the town site, thought it would be an improvement over “Pin Hook,” the original name of the Lamar County seat. Ding Dong’s story has a nice ring to it; the name was derived from two store owners named Bell, who lived in Bell County, of course. Tracing the turning points, fascinating characters, and cultural crossroads that shaped Texas history, Texas Place Names provides the colorful stories behind these and more than three thousand other county, city, and community names.Drawing on in-depth research to present the facts behind the folklore, linguist Edward Callary also clarifies pronunciations (it’s NAY-chis for Neches, referring to a Caddoan people whose name was attached to the Neches River during a SpaTrade ReviewLinguist Edward Callary and writer Jean Callary take readers on a tour across the state, using names and language to tell its history. * Alcalde *[Texas Place Names] helps us discover naming origins...[A] quite useful book. * Austin American Statesman *Table of Contents Introduction Pronunciation Guide Texas Towns and Counties Appendix: A Tally of Texas Geographic Features, complied by the Geographic Names Information System References and County Index
£25.19
Taylor & Francis Ltd A History of English FieldNames Approaches To Local History
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£49.99
Cambridge University Press Secular Buildings in the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem
Book SynopsisThis gazetteer has been compiled under the auspices of the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem and is published as a companion volume to Dr Pringle's three-volume work The Churches of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem.Trade Review'... extremely valuable ... it makes a significant contribution to the current debate about the nature of Latin settlement in the Crusader States.' The Times Literary Supplement 'There is no doubting the value of this book as a reference tool and as a companion to the author's corpus of churches.' Medieval ArchaeologyTable of ContentsList of plates; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Addenda; Gazetteer; Supplementary gazetteer; Possibles; Rejects; Don't Knows; Bibliography; Maps; Index.
£26.99
Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Dictionary of English PlaceNames Based on the Collections of the English PlaceName Society
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 2004, this alphabetical dictionary is a major reference work, based on the archives of the English Place-Name Society and reflecting the scholarship in the subject, of all the names of cities, towns, villages, hamlets, rivers, streams, hills and other geographical locations included in the Ordnance Survey Road Atlas of Great Britain (1983). It provides a reflection of contemporary England, not just its historical past. Every place-name entry has a unique National Grid reference number, a list of historical spellings, the age and meaning of the name and its etymology (pre-Indo-European, Indo-European, Celtic, Primitive Welsh, Anglo-Saxon, Old Norse, Old French, Middle English, Modern English). Where appropriate, a commentary is provided on comparable names, on the problems, history and significance of the name for settlement, economic and social history, the development of the language and on its variant pronunciations and spellings.Trade ReviewReview of the hardback: '… a captivating resource for those of us simply curious about the oddities of English place-names … This catalogue of place-names will make an essential tool for anyone seriously involved in the cartography or topography of the British Isles … It is a project that is dizzying in scale, and manages the rare trick of being a useful commercial resource, an unimpeachable scholarly reference and a source of great pleasure for the curious.' Rare Book ReviewReview of the hardback: 'This is the first comprehensive, scholarly, single volume dictionary of English place-names … impressive … very unlikely that it will be superseded very soon … essential for all medium-sized libraries.' Reference ReviewsReview of the hardback: 'The Dictionary is a reliable and comprehensive fund of place-name data and there is much here to provide the interested reader not only with information but with many stimulating ideas.' Landscape HistoryTable of ContentsPreface; Guide to dictionary entries; List of abbreviations; Glossary of most frequently used elements; Distribution maps; References; Places-names.
£55.09
