An index to personal names in English place-names

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This new book of Keith Briggs was published in April 2021 by the English Place-Name Society. It was launched at the SNSBI spring conference.

Since 2022-01-11 the book (in a slightly corrected version) is downloadable for free.

This index is a finding aid for locating personal names in books about English place-names, primarily those published by the English Place-Name Society (EPNS). The principal purpose is to help researchers evaluate the probability of existence of conjectural personal names when considering new etymologies. The main index is an alphabetical list of those personal names which have been suggested to occur as elements in place-names, disregarding whether or not those suggestions are generally accepted. It should also be emphasized that this is not a list of specific identifiable people; it is an index of name-forms or name-types. The index also contains Anglo-Saxon personal names from additional (non-place-name) sources.

The book contains 12,598 headforms and 16,041 place-name forms in total. 8,057 of the headforms are not in the Prosopography of Anglo_Saxon England (PASE) database. Amongst all headforms, 551 are feminine (4.4%), and 344 headforms not in PASE are feminine (2.7%).

This is (coincidentally) an ultimate baby-name book. Nearly every name is authentic, but not now in use.

To order, please visit the other publications section of the EPNS website.

Lecture 'The other millennium: English place-naming after the Norman conquest'

2015's Cameron Lecture was delivered by Prof. Diana Whaley of Newcastle University.  

The lecture, 'The other millennium: English place-naming after the Norman conquest', can be viewed below.

Research Fellow at the Institute for Name-Studies

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Research Fellow - Institute for Name-Studies (fixed-term, part-time)

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ARTS238718

Closing Date

Friday, 20th July 2018

Job Type

Research

Department

English

Salary

£29799 to £38833 per annum pro-rata depending on skills and experience. Salary progression beyond this scale is subject to performance.

Applications are invited for the above post in the School of English.  The successful applicant will work under the direction of Dr Jayne Carroll with her and with other colleagues to support research impact activity within the Institute for Name-Studies and contribute to research and publication on the place-names of Shropshire and Staffordshire. He or she will also support grant-writing to fund further research in this area.

Candidates must have a successfully completed PhD in onomastics, English or another language, history, linguistics, archaeology, historical geography or other appropriate subject.  Candidates should also have proven research skills in onomastics or a closely related historical discipline and skills in medieval and early modern palaeography.
Further information about the School is available at: www.nottingham.ac.uk/english
Further information about the Institute for Name-Studies is available at www.nottingham.ac.uk/ins
This part time post, 18 hours per week, will be offered on a fixed term contract from 01 August 2018 (or as soon as possible thereafter) to 31 July 2019.

Selection Process
The interview process will include a presentation of research and a formal interview.
The University of Nottingham is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.The University strongly endorses Athena SWAN principles, with commitment from all levels of the organisation in furthering gender equality. It is our mission to ensure equal opportunity, best working practices and fair policies for all.

Informal enquiries may be addressed to Dr Jayne Carroll (jayne.carroll@nottingham.ac.uk) Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.