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ISBN10: 0901897000, ISBN13: 9780901897008, [publisher: La Societe Jersiaise, Jersey, Channel Isles] Softcover Book is in Used-LikeNew condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear. 3.19
[Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1969]

ISBN10: 0901897000, ISBN13: 9780901897008, [publisher: La Societe Jersiaise, Jersey, Channel Isles] Softcover Like New condition. Great condition, but not exactly fully crisp. The book may have been opened and read, but there are no defects to the book, jacket or pages. 3.19
[Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1969]

ISBN10: 0901897000, ISBN13: 9780901897008, [publisher: Societe Jersiaise] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Although Jersey is a small island it has a rich and varied history. Nowhere is this better illustrated than in its place names, some of which are of great antiquity while others are being coined even today. Toponomy is a living study.These scholarly volumes are the result of thirty years work by three dedicated researchers, Charles Stevens, his wife Joan Stevens, and Jean Arthur. The authors have, in addition, enjoyed the assistance and advice of Dr Frank Le Maistre who has subjected the manuscript to minute and searching scrutiny. Volume I, the dictionary, is a comprehensive catalogue of the place names in which are explained their origins, deviations, earliest known occurrences and changes in orthography, followed by a detailed gazetteer of their use in the island. There are about twelve thousand fields in Jersey and their names and those of innumerable other localities and features dealt with in this important study have historical associations spanning many centuries. The sources used in compiling the dictionary are numerous; a great many entries have been culled from the helpful owners of properties visited and many other from unpublished manuscript material dating back to the fifteenth century and before. Earlier sources found in learned publications have been used, and all are included in the extensive list of refer ...
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ISBN10: 0901897000, ISBN13: 9780901897008, [publisher: La Societe Jersiaise, Jersey, Channel Isles] Softcover
[Salisbury Plain, SA, Australia] [Publication Year: 1969]