Place Names Book

Post by **Pandabean** » Mon May 05, 2008 2:36 pm

Hey all,

Just wondering if anyone knows of a good book that gives a definition of Scottish Place names along with a little bit of history. Basically like a dictionary.

I have seen a few about but but if anyone has any recommendations it would be appreciated.

Regards,
Andy

Post by **AndrewP** » Mon May 05, 2008 2:41 pm

Hi Andy,

Try http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/gaztitle.html

See if that has what you are looking for.

All the best,

AndrewP

Post by **Pandabean** » Mon May 05, 2008 2:43 pm

Thanks Andrew. I have used that site in the past, i just thought there may have been a book.

Is this site quite reliable?

AndrewP wrote:Hi Andy,

Try http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/gaztitle.html

See if that has what you are looking for.

All the best,

AndrewP

Currie · Post by **Currie** » Tue May 06, 2008 2:24 am

Hello Andy,

If you search in Google Books for “Scottish place names” there’s a few there that look recent enough to be still in print. If you google for “scottish place names””amazon” you can get a very small “search inside” of the Ross and Nicolaisen books.

Abe Books http://www.abebooks.co.uk/ has supplies of each of those and similar books by other authors.

If you google “scottish place names””review” there seem to be some there but I don’t know how useful they are.

Hope that’s of some use,
Alan

Post by **paddyscar** » Tue May 06, 2008 3:42 am

Hi Andy:

A good place to check is your local library's reference section, so that you can have a look without relying on the publisher's description. Also the library staff may be able to advise which they find most useful.

Frances