The Book of English Place Names
How Our Towns and Villages Got Their Names
- Published: 15 May 2011
- ISBN: 9781409034988
- Imprint: Ebury Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 304
Caroline Taggart...has carved out a niche for herself in user-friendly, wittily-written factual books.
Yorkshire Post
Taggart has researched hidden meanings to reveal a patchwork of tall tales and legends that reveal the history of England's often oddly named towns and villages...If you want to know your wick from your ham and your ton from your bury, this quirky little hardback is worth picking up.
Manchester Evening News
Will enliven a journey through even the dullest parts of the country.
Lonely Planet