Over 15,000 A-Z entries covering England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, make this the most comprehensive and up-to-date dictionary of British place names available. From Abbas Combe to Zennor, it gives the meaning and origin of names of counties, towns, and villages, tracing their ...
OnlyDomains is taking pre-launch orders for names being released later in the week. These will be queued and then submitted on the day of the release. This is the perfect time to get a highly desirable .UK name that has previously been unavailable. ...
Johnston's ``Place-names of Scotland'' in your number of July 28 explains a problem that has been for a long time a puzzle to me in reference to the existence in County Leitrim alone, of the thirty-two counties in Ireland, of the word ``allt'' in common parlance....
which this information is obtained. It is not limited to England, but includes names from Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Isle of Man. In ordinary language, and assuming no special knowledge on the reader's part, the author briefly discusses a wide selection of names of counties, town......
Two weeks ago I posted George Redmond'stop 50 national totalsfor first names for men and women living in 1377-81 in England. This compiled from male names from 10 counties and female names from 10 counties in the Poll Tax returns of 1377-81 combined to produce a national total of 10,000...
Irish boys, both within and beyond the borders of Ireland. It is speculated that it originates from Conchobhar or Conaire, both of which are names that appear in a great number of stories originating from Irish folklore. The name Conor comes from the Old Irish phrase “Lover of Wolves.”...
Though long obsolete as people-names, they still survive in many instances as baronial and parochial designations, in the same way as Norfolk and Suffolk, which were originally people-names—north-folk and south-folk—became the names of two English counties. ...
This article documents the reaction of two very different counties, Ireland and South Africa, in their post-revolutionary eras. It notes their differing, and at times bizarre, attempts at re-branding nationhood in the image of the successful revolution. Ireland after 1922 was on the whole more ...
In2013, Hermione ranked #542with 77 births in England and Wales. It is less common in Scotland where it ranked #1021(2 births) in2014. It did not rank in Northern Ireland at all. Famous Bearers: History: *Saint Hermione of Ephesus(d. 117 A.D.), early Christian martyr. ...
NAME DateTime::TimeZone::Catalog - Provides a list of all valid time zone names SYNOPSIS See DateTime::TimeZone for API details. DESCRIPTION This module contains an enumerated list of all known system timezones, so that applications can easily present a list of timezones. ...