Place names and gazetteers Books
Bene Factum Publishing Ltd Fame by Chance: An A-Z of Places That Became
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£14.99
Marvellous Maps Marvellous Map of Great British Place Names
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£17.39
Low Price Publications Gazetteer of Sikhim
Book SynopsisReprinting "The Gazetteer of Sikhim" aims to share the ancient history, geography, laws, customs, and religion of the region during the British period. The book provides detailed insights into Sikhim's rulers, geology, agriculture, and more, sparking curiosity for further research.
£999.99
Low Price Publications Gazetteer of the Province of Oudh
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£23.62
Low Price Publications Gazetteer of Sikhim
Book SynopsisThis is an exact reproduction of a book published before 1923, not OCR'd. It may have imperfections like missing pages, poor pictures, and errant marks. Despite these, it's considered culturally important and is being brought back into print for preservation.
£11.24
Brazen Head Publishing Whats in an English PlaceName a History of England in Its PlaceNames
£14.61
Transworld Publishers Ltd Hauntings: A Book of Ghosts and Where to Find
Book Synopsis' Haunted is a wonderful book: part history, part rumination on life, and, of course a haunting book about ghosts .... beautifully written, fascinating, deeply moving and thought-provoking.' - James Holland'A proper page-turner .... A fascinating tangle of witches and mermaids, drowned fishers and dead warriors, ghostly planes and spectral horses .' - Christopher Somerville, author of Ships of Heaven'One of the most enjoyable books on the paranormal I've read. Neil Oliver creates a bucket list of places to visit, perfect for both paranormal investigators and history buffs alike.' - Nick Tyler, author of Haunted Yorkshire.......................................................................................................................................................................For longer than recorded history there have been tales of spirits and of places where our hackles rise and our skin turns cold.Bestselling historian Neil Oliver travels the British Isles on a deliciously spine-chilling tour that spans several centuries and explores more than 20 sites - castles, vicarages and towers, lonely shorelines and forgotten battlefields - to unpick their stories..Oliver invokes his family's history alongside that of kings and queens past as he probes why our emotions and senses are heightened in certain locations where the separation between dimensions seems gossamer thin. Our landscape is riven with these places, creaking from the weight of the secrets they hold, the echoes of tragedy and dark deeds . From Inverness to Devon, Co Dublin to Norfolk, Hauntings casts an enjoyably eerie glow with stories that, told generation after generation, are inextricable from place - and considers why they matter..............................................................................................................................................................................................................'Oliver is an evocative storyteller, vividly bringing his tales to life' BBC History MagazineTrade ReviewNeil Oliver is such a very good writer. Haunted is a wonderful book: part history, part rumination on life, and, of course a haunting book about ghosts, both apparitions reportedly seen and heard, but also the lingering memories, shadows and spirits of those from the past. This is a beautifully written, fascinating, deeply moving and thought-provoking book that lingers in the mind long after the last page has been read. -- James HollandA proper page-turner. Neil Oliver blends personal reflections with vivid stories, rooted in the culture and history of these islands - a fascinating tangle of witches and mermaids, drowned fishers and dead warriors, ghostly planes, spectral horses and the 'thin places' where this world touches the Otherworld. -- Christopher Somerville, Walking Correspondent for The Times and author of Walking the Bones of BritainWonderfully evocative. One of the most enjoyable books on the paranormal I've read. Neil Oliver creates a bucket list of places to visit, perfect for both paranormal investigators and history buffs alike.I was particularly impressed with the way in which Oliver explores the fragility of life and death and our idea of what a ghost actually is. -- Nick Tyler, author of Haunted Yorkshire
£22.50
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC PlaceNames
Book SynopsisExplains the meanings of more than 1500 place-names and discusses the techniques by which this information is obtained.
£6.90
Capital Transport Publishing What's in a Street Name?
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£13.57
The Dovecote Press Place-names
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£7.60
Polystar Press The Toll-houses of Norfolk
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£7.47
Columbia University Press The Columbia Gazetteer of the World
Book SynopsisIncludes over 170,000 entries of geographical places and features. This encyclopedia contains maps, population figures, and a glossary of geographical and geological terms.Trade ReviewAuthoratative... Historically accurate, this title can be considered a reference standard. Library Journal This classic reference work will earn its keep... Essential. Choice The standard geographical reference source. -- Michael Levine-Clark American Reference Books Annual Highly recommended for all academic and medium-sized to large public and high-school libraries. Booklist
£467.20
Indiana University Press Whats in a Name
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£45.00
The University of Alabama Press Place Names in Alabama
Book SynopsisThe first systematic attempt to account for all the names of the counties, cities, town, water courses, bodies of water, and mountains that appear on readily available maps of Alabama. In dictionary format, this volume contains some 2,610 place names from more than 52,000 available for the state of Alabama.
£15.26
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
The University of Alabama Press Florida Place Names of Indian Origin and Seminole
Book SynopsisA companion ? Indian Place Names in Alabama?, this long out-of-print guide offers a new introduction from Patricia Wickman in which she provides current understandings of Seminole language and derivations and a brief analysis of Read's contribution to the preservation of the Native linguistic record.
£999.99
