Speakers include

• Meredith Cane
  Scottish -ina forename suffixes: an example of personal name research (title to be confirmed)

• Alice Crook
  Personal Naming in Early Modern Scotland: consultation and analysis of the Old Parish Registers

• Chris Fleet
  Maps and plans (title to be confirmed)

• Carole Hough
  An Online Resource for Berwickshire Place-Names

• Simon Taylor
  Inter Limites Specificatos: some thoughts on place-name research in Scottish records.

• Joanna Tucker
  Cartularies as a Source for Place and Personal Names

• Robin Urquhart
  Where the Heck is Heck? Sources for locating early modern place

• Eila Williamson
  Scotland’s Ordnance Survey Name Books: A ‘treasure trove’ for toponymists

Registration is expected to take place between 9.15am and 10am.

The conference is expected to run from 10am to 4.45pm.

The conference will provide a practical guide to sources for the study of place-names and personal names in Scotland. It will be of interest to academic and other researchers in the fields of languages, history and geography; archivists, librarians and curators who deal with enquiries relating to personal names and place-names; and anyone interested in names and their origins. It might also be of interest to family historians, as it deals with medieval and early-modern sources of information on people and places.

Venue

The conference will be held at the Netherbow Theatre and lunch will be served in the Storytelling Court of the Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR (www.scottishstorytellingcentre.com).

Conference fee

• Members of the SRA and SPNS and their guests: £21.50 (excluding lunch)
• Non-members: £24.50 (excluding lunch)
• Students: £17.50 (excluding lunch) – limited number of places available for students active in place-name and personal name research
• Lunch: £15

Annual General Meeting of the Scottish Records Association

The Annual General Meeting of the Scottish Records Association will take place in the lunch interval of the conference at 12 noon. It is expected to last approximately 15 minutes.

Launch of the Berwickshire Place-Names Online Resource

Survey of place-names in the historical county of Berwickshire has been funded for 3 years by The Leverhulme Trust. An online resource covering names on the OS 1:50,000 Landranger map will be launched during the conference. More details: www.gla.ac.uk/reels

Bookings and enquiries

To make a booking or an enquiry about the conference please contact: 

• by email: SRA.membership@outlook.com
• by phone (Mondays to Fridays): 0131 535 1315 (Robin Urquhart)
• by post: click here to download booking form. 

Privacy

When you make an enquiry about the conference or book to attend the conference the Scottish Records Association collects personal information about you (including your name, address, email address, and information regarding the dates and amounts of any payments made regarding the conference) but only for the purposes of the conference and it is afterwards deleted. We do not make personal information available to third parties. Any email or letter sent to us will be kept solely for the purposes of conference organisation and will be deleted within 2 years of its receipt.