Saints and Sites: The Interrelationship Between Church Dedications and Placenames in England
Abstract A personal name in an English placename may be that of the saint to whom the local parish church is dedicated, as notably in Cornwall. Some church dedications, however, evolved from a misinterpretation of the placename. Conversely, some placenames apparently preserving a saint's name a...
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University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
1992-12-01
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| Series: | Names |
| Online Access: | http://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans/article/view/1332 |