A New Dictionary of English Field-names

Cavill, Paul; Gregory, Rebecca

Abstract

This is a major new dictionary of field-names drawing on the collections of the English Place-Name Survey and the pioneering work of John Field, and scholarly work in field-nomenclature of the last twenty years.
With some 45,000 field-name attestations and nearly 2,500 headwords, it is the most comprehensive work on English field-names available.
Names are given in standard and variant forms, and dated early spellings where possible. The meanings of the names are briefly discussed with a range of information relating to naming practices, land-use, shape and size, flora and fauna, history and archaeology, etc.
The book has an accessible introduction by Rebecca Gregory, a user guide, and a list of linguistic elements appearing in field-names.

Citation

Cavill, P., & Gregory, R. (2018). A New Dictionary of English Field-names. Nottingham: English Place-Name Society

• Book Type: Authored Book
• Publication Date: Dec 11, 2018
• Deposit Date: Oct 10, 2019
• Pages: 551
• Series Title: Field-name Studies
• Series Number: 4
• Edition: first
• ISBN: 978 0 904889 98 7 / 978 0 0904889 99 4
• Keywords: field-names; landscape; agriculture; medieval language; land
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1400054
• Publisher URL: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/epns/index.aspx
• Contract Date: Nov 23, 2018