Covering cities and suburbs, towns and villages, counties and districts, rivers and coastlines, this comprehensive reference offers an authoritative guide to the history of English place names--the source of so many American place names. Boston , for example, originated as the Old English word Botuluestan , meaning "stone (marking a boundary or meeting-place) of a man called Botwulf." Each of the over 12,000 entries includes full information on origins, location in modern England, first recorded use, and more ...
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Covering cities and suburbs, towns and villages, counties and districts, rivers and coastlines, this comprehensive reference offers an authoritative guide to the history of English place names--the source of so many American place names. Boston , for example, originated as the Old English word Botuluestan , meaning "stone (marking a boundary or meeting-place) of a man called Botwulf." Each of the over 12,000 entries includes full information on origins, location in modern England, first recorded use, and more.
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