Place Names
What a Place Name Can Preserve, and What It Cannot
Learn how to read a place name as a clue to local language, landscape, or memory without mistaking it for a complete…
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Place Names
Look at what local names can suggest about places and their past.
Our point of view
A county is more than a boundary
Land, names, settlements and routes all help make a place legible. We look at how those parts relate without treating any one feature as the whole story.