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The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names

by Eilert Ekwall

This reference work details the etymological origins of more than 10,000 major English place-names, including counties, towns, parishes, and villages.

Accession 19109 ISBN 0198691033 Publisher Oxford University Press
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