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- Publishing Information
- General Links for this Work
- Preface to the Second Edition
- London Place‐Names and their Meanings
- Scope and Arrangement of the Dictionary
- The Chronology and Languages of London Place‐Names
- Pre-Celtic Names
- Celtic Names
- Roman Londinium
- The Anglo-Saxon Period
- The Scandinavian Influence
- The Norman French Influence
- The Middle English Period
- The Early Modern Period
- Modern and Recent Names
- Some Different Place-Name Types and Structures
- Compound and Simplex Names
- Names with Affixes
- Reduction and Other Sound Changes
- Some Archaic Grammatical Features
- Old English Personal Names: ‘a man called Hilda’
- Folk Etymology
- Back-Formation
- Names Transferred from Foreign Places
- Irony, Whimsy, and Some Unusual Formations
- The Wider Significance of London Place‐Names
- London Town: The City's Names
- London Country: Place‐Names and the Landscape
- Woodland and Heath
- Hills and Valleys
- Rivers, Springs, Pools, and Marshland
- Land Use and Agriculture
- Natural History
- Communications and Trade
- Local Industries and Occupations
- Place‐Names with Religious Associations
- Place‐Names and Social History
- Place‐Names and the Language
- Postscript: Some Associations, Uses, and Applications of London Place‐Names
- The Greater London Boroughs
- Maps
- Glossary of the Elements Found in London Place-Names
- Select Bibliography
- Source:
- A Dictionary of London Place-Names
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- Publishing Information
- General Links for this Work
- Preface to the Second Edition
- London Place‐Names and their Meanings
- Scope and Arrangement of the Dictionary
- The Chronology and Languages of London Place‐Names
- Pre-Celtic Names
- Celtic Names
- Roman Londinium
- The Anglo-Saxon Period
- The Scandinavian Influence
- The Norman French Influence
- The Middle English Period
- The Early Modern Period
- Modern and Recent Names
- Some Different Place-Name Types and Structures
- Compound and Simplex Names
- Names with Affixes
- Reduction and Other Sound Changes
- Some Archaic Grammatical Features
- Old English Personal Names: ‘a man called Hilda’
- Folk Etymology
- Back-Formation
- Names Transferred from Foreign Places
- Irony, Whimsy, and Some Unusual Formations
- The Wider Significance of London Place‐Names
- London Town: The City's Names
- London Country: Place‐Names and the Landscape
- Woodland and Heath
- Hills and Valleys
- Rivers, Springs, Pools, and Marshland
- Land Use and Agriculture
- Natural History
- Communications and Trade
- Local Industries and Occupations
- Place‐Names with Religious Associations
- Place‐Names and Social History
- Place‐Names and the Language
- Postscript: Some Associations, Uses, and Applications of London Place‐Names
- The Greater London Boroughs
- Maps
- Glossary of the Elements Found in London Place-Names
- Select Bibliography
