Problems of Place-Name Study
Being a Course of Three Lectures Delivered at King's College under the Auspices of the University of London

Originally published in 1929, this book provides a study of the problems and possibilities associated with the study of place names.

A. Mawer (Author)

9781107455634, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 1 January 2015

154 pages
20.3 x 12.7 x 0.9 cm, 0.18 kg

Sir Allen Mawer (1879–1942) was a renowned scholar of place names. Originally published in 1929, this book was based on a course of three lectures delivered by Mawer at King's College, Cambridge under the auspices of the Board of English Studies in the University of London. The text provides a study of the problems and possibilities associated with the study of place names. A detailed index is also provided. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in place names and British history.

Preface
Introduction
Abbreviations
1. Racial settlement
2. The vocabulary of our forefathers
3. Lines of interpretation
Indexes.

Subject Areas: Regional geography [RGL]