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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> The growth of interest in local history and other studies during the past half-century has generated a much wider acquaintance with field-names. However although it is no longer necessary to explain that every field has a name there is still a tendency to regard the meaning of all but the most obviously self-explanatory names as ‘anybody’s guess’. Systematic investigation has been going on for many years and the published results obviate the need for conjecture about large numbers of names. The present work arose from the author’s conviction that there is a greater continuity between the older nomenclature and the more recent names than is often asserted. The book also aims to indicate how further research on the contexts of the occurrence of many names can contribute to a greater understanding of their significance. Methods of interpretation are also discussed partly to show that this is not a mysterious process but chiefly to enable readers to apply similar techniques. (LL)