Sunnyside - A History of British House Names

This book discusses developments in the history of British house names from the earliest written evidence to the twentieth century.

List of contents

• List of Abbreviations


• Acknowledgements


• List of illustrations


• Introduction


• 1: The Earliest London House Names


• 2: Victorian Villas


• 3: London's First Sunnysiders


• 4: Religion, Fame, and Sunnyside


• 5: Sunnyside and the North


• Appendix 1 Pre-1400 London House Names


• Appendix 2 House Names from William Porlond's Book


• Appendix 3 Stagecoach Names


• Sunnyside Gazetteer


• References


• Index

About the author

Dr Laura Wright is a historical sociolinguist. As an undergraduate she studied English Language at the University of Edinburgh, and completed her doctorate at the University of Oxford, where she analysed the grammatical and lexical make-up of the Medieval Latin/Anglo-Norman French/Middle English mixed-language documents of London Bridge. She is currently a Reader in English Language at the University of Cambridge, where she has worked since 1996. She publishes on medieval mixed-language business writing, on the development of extraterritorial Englishes, on the language of London and trading, and the development of place-names.

Summary

Sunnyside discusses changes to British house names from medieval naming practices to the present-day. The demise of pub names and shop names such as la Worm on the Hope and the Golden Tea Kettle & Speaking Trumpet are detailed alongside the rise of heraldic names such as the Red Lion.

Additional text

A select bibliography presents the wide array of manuscripts, printed and on-line sources used in compiling this intriguing book that moves from medieval London to branches of non-conformism and Victorian villas, then back to historic solskifte and forward again to house names in our own time. This remarkable work of erudition is not for the faint hearted. The Sunnyside journey taken by Laura Wright is complicated, even labyrinthine, but sharing it with her is well worth the effort.

Product details

• Authors: Laura Wright, Laura (Professor of English Wright, Laura (Reader in English Language Wright
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2020
• EAN: 9780197267158
• ISBN: 978-0-19-726715-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: British Academy Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, HISTORY / Historical Geography, Sociolinguistics, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Historical Geography, REFERENCE / Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps, Place names and gazetteers, Place Names & Gazetteers