Place Names & Gazetteers

Explore new places with handy pocket maps from Collins. Handy little full colour map of the Cotswolds. Detailed mapping and to...

Full-colour, double-sided road map of Great Britain at a scale of 8.7 miles to 1 inch. Northern England, Scotland and the Isle of Man are on one si...

It is time to bin once and for all the nonsense that Gaelic was never spoken in Glasgow. In fact, Glasgow's place-names tell us that Gaelic has b...

Now in its 4th Edition -- this dictionary helps you to sort your Komkhulu from your Kommetjie with the most comprehensive glossary of Southern Afri...

Puzzled by Welsh place names - but want to know what they mean and how to say them? Look no further. This is an exciting full colour pocket guide, ...

Ever wondered why our towns and villages are so named? Were they a deliberate creation by our ancestors or did they evolve naturally over time? Whi...

Have you ever wondered where your town or townland name came from? Do you want to know more about an Irish locality? Well if so this is the book fo...

Found in Translation: The Unexpected Origins of Place Names unravels the tangled threads of history and etymology to uncover the strange, intriguin...

London Cemeteries is a comprehensive guide to all cemeteries within Greater London. Listed alphabetically and with a map to help locate them, each ...

What links a champion bare-knuckle boxer, a pioneering general who inspired the invention of Ordnance Survey maps and a runaway cat? They''ve all g...

There is a story in the name of almost every street and district in Glasgow, with some tracing their origins to pagan times, long before Glasgow co...