The Place-Names of Cardiganshire

£293.00
Author:
Iwan Wmffre
Publication Year:
2004
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841716657
Paperback:
1,554pp. Three volume set, 1 map.
ISBN 10:
1841716650
BAR number:
B379
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Description

BOOK DESCRIPTION
In this work, the author assembles information that will satisfy linguists, historians and geographers alike. The corpus of Cardiganshire place-names contains some 15,000 headwords. Each headword is followed by a location by grid-reference and when possible by a notation of pronunciation in phonetic script, by historical forms, and often by a discussion of etymologies. This work is primarily meant to be a record of the locations, age, pronunciation and explanation of place-names in the county of Cardiganshire in Wales: the names being arranged mainly in alphabetical order under civil-parish headings. Some introductory chapters detail the mode of presentation and spelling guidelines, as well as giving an overview of the development of academic toponymic work in Wales.