Methodology for Examining Plant-Names in English Place-NamesTools Rayner, Corinna (2024) Methodology for Examining Plant-Names in English Place-Names. MRes thesis, University of Nottingham.
AbstractThe origin of this project was born out of the wish to have an understanding of the significance of wild plants whose names occur in place-names. The study of plant place-names is relatively little probed and what follows is the development of a methodology for examining plant place-names in England. Beginning with a scoping exercise to determine the extent of wild plant elements occurring in place-names, this is followed by the analytical approach for examining them. Next is a case study, working through the steps of the analytical approach, looking at the plant-name elements OE gagel and wīr, long interpreted as denoting bog myrtle (Myrica gale). The final section considers the evidence revealed by the analytical approach to see if the locations of, and possible meanings contained in, plant place-names have resonance or value today and notes what questions might be asked of the evidence revealed.
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