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Featured in Wanderlust's list of Best Travel Books of 2023 and Travel Pulse's Top Ten Travel Books of 2023.
An enlightening, etymological journey across continents, uncovering the history and origins of the places we live and travel to

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Names are very important and can unlock vast amounts of information about places and their origins. The placename of Scotland are a goldmine of information about times past and the lives of early inhabitants.This comprehensive book features more than 300 names and is an essential book for all interested in Scottish history and culture.

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This is the essential companion to the fascinating world of Scottish placenames. It features more than 8,000 placenames, from districts, towns and villages to rivers, lochs and mountains, and also includes a comprehensive introduction and maps.

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Explains the meanings of more than 1500 place-names and discusses the techniques by which this information is obtained.

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Can you identify the "Bride of the Adriatic", the "Home of Bock Beer", or the "Sick Man of Europe" These nicknames and many others - appellations of countries, cities, mountains, rivers, capes and places of historical interest - are identified in Harold Sharp's concise volume.

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Contains over 4,500 name changes worldwide, ranging from small villages to entire countries.

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Widely hailed by enthusiasts as one of the most detailed reference books on the subject of Celtic Place-names, this toponymical study provides background and derivation for the length and breadth of the country. This edition includes biographical material about the author along with corrigenda and addenda.

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This is the paperback edition of an established work of reference giving the correct spelling of Welsh place-names. This guide also indicates the nature and location of each named feature, with a four-figure reference to the National Grid.

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This is the paperback edition of an established work of reference giving the correct spelling of Welsh place-names. This guide also indicates the nature and location of each named feature, with a four-figure reference to the National Grid.

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This book, the result of twenty years' meticulous research, remains the only comprehensive and systematic study of Scottish place-names. This methodological guide provides an extensive overview of the history of ancient and modern place names in Scotland.

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Lists every single place-name and field-name in East Flintshire (recorded before 1900) - every river, bridge, hill, dale, wood, moor, town, village, hamlet, road, street, lane castle and field. Each name is followed by the earliest form, its date, subsequent references and the origin of the name.