Place-Names of Wales

Informationen zum Autor Hywel Wyn Owen is a renowned authority on the place-names of Wales! a consultant to national bodies! and a regular broadcaster. Klappentext Updated edition of this reference first published in 1998! now with an additional 30 entries. Zusammenfassung This compendium of place-names provides details of historical forms and dates; analyses each name into its linguistic elements; tracks the later development of the name and the influences upon it! and interprets the meaning of entries within the history of Wales! having regard for the landscape and changing land-use. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Abbreviations for the pre-1974 counties of Wales Map of pre-1974 counties of Wales Place-names Further reading

Product details

• Authors: Hywel Wyn Owen, Hywel Wyn Owen, Wyn Owen Hywel
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 15.03.2015
• Subject: Travel > Maps, city plans, atlases; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > General, dictionaries
• EAN: 9781783161645
• ISBN: 978-1-78316-164-5
• Pages: 136
• Subjects: Wales, of, Place, REFERENCE / Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps, Place names and gazetteers, Place Names & Gazetteers, Names