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The Place-Names of Wales

By: Hywel Wyn Owen

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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.

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University of Wales Press

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1783161663

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9781783161669

Dictionary of the Place-Names of Wales

By: Hywel Wyn Owen,Richard Morgan

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Dictionary of the Place-Names of Wales

By: Hywel Wyn Owen,Richard Morgan

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.

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1800992394

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9781800992399

The Place-Names of Wales

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1783161655

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9781783161652

Place-Names of Flintshire

By: Hywel Wyn Owen,Ken Lloyd Gruffydd

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Place-Names of Flintshire

By: Hywel Wyn Owen,Ken Lloyd Gruffydd

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.

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1786831112

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9781786831118

Place-Names of Flintshire

By: Hywel Wyn Owen,Ken Lloyd Gruffydd

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Place-Names of Flintshire

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1786831120

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9781786831125

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The Place-Names of Wales

The Place-Names of Wales

Dictionary of the Place-Names of Wales

Dictionary of the Place-Names of Wales

The Place-Names of Wales

The Place-Names of Wales

Place-Names of Flintshire

Place-Names of Flintshire

Place-Names of Flintshire

Place-Names of Flintshire

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