A Dictionary of English Place Names by A.D. Mills

A Dictionary of English Place Names

A.D. Mills

424 pages first pub 1992 (editions)

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(pre-Celtic), York (Celtic), Lincoln (Latin), Scunthorpe (Scandanavian), Basingstoke (Old English), Devizes (French), and Broadstairs (Middle English). Chester, for example, began as a Roman military base, and originated as a latin word for a camp...

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