The Place-Names of East Flintshire

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This book 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. The glossary, which also acts as an index, lists all the different words found in the place-names. There is also a list of personal names. This text is the result of 25 years of research. It includes a complete and detailed Glossary of Elements.

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Emeritus Professor Hywel Wyn Owen is an acknowledged authority on place-names in Wales, and was formerly director of the Place-Name Research Centre at Bangor University. He is a founder member of the Welsh Place-Name Society, Honorary Vice-President of the English Place-Name Society, and former president of the Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland.