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===<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">Period Forms:</span>=== | |||
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Academy of St. Gabriel "Medieval Names Archive" - http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/ < | ===<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">Sources:</span>=== | ||
Archive of St. Gabriel reports - http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/archive.cgi < | <span style="background-color: #ffffff;">Academy of St. Gabriel "Medieval Names Archive" - [[http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/]]</span> | ||
Database of medieval names (from the Medieval Names Archive) - http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/database/< | <span style="background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.5;">Archive of St. Gabriel reports - </span><span style="line-height: 1.5;">[[http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/archive.cgi]]</span> | ||
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.5;">Database of medieval names (from the Medieval Names Archive) - </span><span style="line-height: 1.5;">[[http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/database/]]</span> | |||
<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">Laurel Name Articles - [[http:''heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/|http:''heraldry.sca.org/laurel/]]</span> | |||
<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">IGI [[scaheraldry/Searches|Searches]], batches beginning with C, J, K, M (except M17 and M18), or P are acceptable - [[http:''familysearch.org/|http:''familysearch.org]]</span> | |||
''Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary// - [[http:''www.bosworthtoller.com/node/62883]] - Some towns are listed for locative bynames. | |||
'' | <span style="background-color: #ffffff;">''British History On-line//, searchable primary sources - [[http:''www.british-history.ac.uk/Default.aspx]]</span> | ||
'' | ''_Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names_'', by Watts | ||
''_A Dictionary of British Place-Names_'', by Mills. Index by<span style="background-color: #ffffff;"> Gunnvor, the Viking Answer Lady -</span> | |||
<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">[[http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/Dictionary_of_English_Place_Names.htm]]</span> | |||
'''[http: | ''The Digitization of England's Placenames// - [[http:''englishplacenames.cerch.kcl.ac.uk/]] | ||
''English Place Names// (esp. Norfolk and Suffolk) - [[http:''www.englishplacenames.co.uk/]] | |||
'' | ''Handbood of English Placename Construction//, by Sara Uckelman - http:''www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/english/handbook.pdf | ||
'' | ''Historic Cities: British Isles// - [[http:''historic-cities.huji.ac.il/british_isles/british_isles.html]] | ||
'' | ''Historic Gazetteer of England's Place-Names// - http:''placenames.org.uk/ | ||
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'' | ''Old English Translator// - [[http://www.oldenglishtranslator.co.uk/|http:''www.oldenglishtranslator.co.uk]] - translate Modern English words to Old English, including locations. For example entering "Evesham" into the search box will result in entries for the Old English spellings of "Eofesham" and "Euesham." | ||
'' | ''Open Domesday// (map): [[@http:''www.domesdaymap.co.uk/]] The place names are normalized, but each one will take you to an image of the place(s) in the manuscript where it appears. | ||
'' | ''A Survey of the History of English Placenames// - [[http:''heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/engplnam.html?referer=www.clickfind.com.au]] | ||
Place-names in the Danelaw - | |||
[[http://viking.no/e/england/danelaw/epl-danelaw.htm]] | |||
Place-names in the Danelaw - http://viking.no/e/england/danelaw/epl-danelaw.htm | |||
List of generic forms in place names in the United Kingdom and Ireland - | List of generic forms in place names in the United Kingdom and Ireland - | ||
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_generic_forms_in_place_names_in_the_United_Kingdom_and_Ireland | [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_generic_forms_in_place_names_in_the_United_Kingdom_and_Ireland]] | ||
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===<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">Precedents:</span>=== | |||
=Precedents:= | |||
<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">Precedents of the SCA College of Arms - [[http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/precedents.html]]</span> | <span style="background-color: #ffffff;">Precedents of the SCA College of Arms - [[http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/precedents.html]]</span> | ||
<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">Morsulus Heralds Website - [[http://www.morsulus.org/]] (to search the LoARs and Precedents)</span> | <span style="background-color: #ffffff;">Morsulus Heralds Website - [[http://www.morsulus.org/]] (to search the LoARs and Precedents)</span> | ||
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<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">From the <month> <year> LoAR:</span> | <span style="background-color: #ffffff;">From the <month> <year> LoAR:</span> | ||
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