The Saints Come Marching In: Saints' Names in the Toponymy of Cornwall
Abstract Cornwall, virtually cut off from the rest of Britain until the end of the eighteenth century, about the time the last native speaker of Cornish died, offers a rich storehouse of still extant placename oddities. Here I survey one aspect of that toponymy: the names of saints on the map of Cor...
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| Language: | English |
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University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
2000-12-01
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| Series: | Names |
| Online Access: | http://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans/article/view/1606 |