English Placenames
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Sources:
Academy of St. Gabriel "Medieval Names Archive" - http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/
Archive of St. Gabriel reports - http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/archive.cgi
Database of medieval names (from the Medieval Names Archive) - http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/database/
Laurel Name Articles - http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/
IGI Searches, batches beginning with C, J, K, M (except M17 and M18), or P are acceptable - http://familysearch.org/
Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary - http://www.bosworthtoller.com/node/62883 - Some towns are listed for locative bynames.
British History On-line, searchable primary sources - http://www.british-history.ac.uk/Default.aspx
Compound Placenames in Old English - by Juliana de Luna (Julia Smith)
Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, by Watts
_A Dictionary of British Place-Names_, by Mills. Index by Gunnvor, the Viking Answer Lady - http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/Dictionary_of_English_Place_Names.htm
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/
Old English Translator - 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
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
Precedents:
Precedents of the SCA College of Arms - [[1]] Morsulus Heralds Website - [[2]] (to search the LoARs and Precedents) Restatement Wiki - [[3]] (restatements of Precedents)
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