The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names. This item is unavailable.The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names

The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names (edited by Victor Watts, 2004) is a definitive, alphabetical reference work of approximately 20,000 English place-names. Based on the English Place-Name Society archives, it provides etymology, historical spellings, and National Grid references for cities, towns, villages, and rivers. It provides a reflection of contemporary England, not just its historical past. Every place-name entry has a unique National Grid reference number, a list of historical spellings, the age and meaning of the name and its etymology (pre-Indo-European, Indo-European, Celtic, Primitive Welsh, Anglo-Saxon, Old Norse, Old French, Middle English, Modern English). Where.