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A Dictionary of British Place-Names

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A. D. Mills

14,400 entries

From Abbas Combe to Zennor, this dictionary gives the meaning and origin of place names in the British Isles, tracing their development from earliest times to the present day.

A. D. Mills is Emeritus Reader in English, University of London. He is a member of the Council of the English Place Names Society, and of the Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland.

ISBN: 0198527586
Print edition publication date: 2003



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