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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names
Eilert Ekwall - 1935
THE DICTIONARY EMBRACES NAMES OF THE COUNTRY, OF THE COUNTIES, AND OTHER IMPORTANT DIVISIONS (AS CRAVEN, KESTEVEN, LINDSEY), TOWNS (EXCEPT THOSE OF LATE ORIGIN) PARISHES, VILLAGES, SOME NAMES OF ESTATES AND HAMLETS, OR EVEN FARMS WHOSE NAMES ARE OLD AND ETYMOLOGICALLY INTERESTING, RIVERS, LAKES - ALSO NAME OF CAPES, HILLS, BAYS FOR WHICH EARLY MATERIAL IS AVAILABLE. NAMES OF HUNDREDS, AS BEING NO LONGER IN REAL USE, HAVE BEEN OMITTED.