Past Conferences Archives - Scottish Place-Name Society

Day Conference, 17 November 2018, Edinburgh

Posted on June 21, 2018November 26, 2018 by admin

Hence the Name Sources for place-name and personal name research in Scotland Conference The Scottish Place-Name Society The Scottish Records Association Saturday 17 November 2018 Netherbow Theatre, Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD BOOKING FORM Speakers include Meredith … Continue reading “Day Conference, 17 November 2018, Edinburgh” →

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DAY CONFERENCE & AGM, 5 MAY 2018, PERTH

Posted on May 8, 2017June 21, 2018 by admin

Scottish Place-Name Society Comann Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba DAY CONFERENCE AND AGM Saturday, 5th May 2018 Perth Museum and Art Gallery, 78 George Street, Perth, PH1 5LB CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A PRINTABLE BOOKING FORM (SEE ABSTRACTS BELOW) 1015 – 1045 … Continue reading “DAY CONFERENCE & AGM, 5 MAY 2018, PERTH” →

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DAY CONFERENCE, 4 NOVEMBER 2017, GLASGOW

Posted on May 7, 2017November 26, 2018 by admin

Scottish Place-Name Society Comann Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba Joint Conference with Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland November 4th 2017 Mitchell Library, Glasgow 1030 Registration * Session 1: 1100 Irene O’Brien: Glasgow City Archives – sources for … Continue reading “DAY CONFERENCE, 4 NOVEMBER 2017, GLASGOW” →

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Day conference and AGM, May 6, Galashiels

Posted on April 25, 2017November 26, 2018 by admin

Day conference and AGM – Saturday 6th May 2017 Scottish Borders Campus, Nether Rd, Galashiels TD1 3HE 1045–1120 Registration and tea/coffee 1120–1200 Bill Patterson: Names from Hunting Landscapes 1200–1230 Leonie Dunlop: Boats, Bridges and Barricades: Some ways water changes our … Continue reading “Day conference and AGM, May 6, Galashiels” →

BOOKS FROM SPNS

In the Beginning was the Name
Selected Essays by Professor W.F.H. Nicolaisen
393 pages; price £9.99 plus P&P.

For details of this wide-ranging selection of essays by a pre-eminent scholar, and how to order it, please CLICK HERE.

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Cultural Contacts in the North Atlantic Region: The Evidence of Names
edited by Peder Gammeltoft, Carole Hough and Doreen Waugh

To clear remaining stocks, the price of this volume is now £5.00, plus £2.50 postage and packing (UK only). Please send a cheque payable to SCOTTISH PLACE-NAME SOCIETY to: Professor Carole Hough, English Language, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ

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The Place-Names of Midlothian

Dr Norman Dixon’s previously inaccessible and still important PhD study of 1947, with Introduction by Simon Taylor outlining more recent approaches to some of the names. (Midlothian here is the pre-1975 geographical county including Edinburgh and Musselburgh.)

515 pages. £10, plus £2.50 postage and packing (UK only). Please send a cheque payable to SCOTTISH PLACE-NAME SOCIETY to: Professor Carole Hough, English Language, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ