Please feel free to circulate the following announcement to other
mailing lists and individuals.
Non-members are very welcome: bookings are being taken during March
2000.
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SOCIETY FOR NAME STUDIES IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND
NINTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
University of Wales, Bangor
28 April - 1 May 2000
First Circular - January 2000
The above conference, kindly organised by Dr Hywel Wyn Owen, will take place in the Tegfan Conference Centre, University of Wales, Bangor. The programme is expected to include the following: Peder Gammeltoft (Scandinavian place-names in the Hebrides); Maggie Scott (Privick - a Scottish place-name); Meredith Cane (Welsh personal names); Diana Saunders (Anglian place-names in Huntingdonshire); Peter Wilkinson (distribution of Welsh personal names); Mary Higham (Harpers' fields); Richard Coates (Toponymic databases); Della Hooke (Place-names and land-use in the Conwy valley); John Koch (early Celtic names); Peter McClure (Middle English hypocoristic suffixes); Donall Mac Giolla Easpaig (Banchoer); Gillian Fellow-Jensen (John Aubrey) and Gwynedd Pierce (Welsh minster ?). There will be a coach tour to parts of Snowdonia on Sunday 30 April led by Mr Bob Morris. The conference will also host the Ulster Place-Name Society's touring exhibition "Celebrating Ulster's Townlands".
Ensuite accommodation is in the adjacent Bryn Dinas hall of residence, which has lift access to bedrooms. There is level access to the conference room, and all buildings used are within very short walking distance of each other. The registration fee is £25 for SNSBI members, £30 for non-members (which covers lunch and refreshments on Saturday and Sunday for non-residents). Registration and full board for residents from Friday dinner to breakfast on Monday, will be £145.00 for SNSBI members, £150.00 for non-members.
A deposit of £15, plus the registration fee, is required on booking. Full payment in advance will be required by Friday 31 March 2000. Further information and travel details will be included in the second circular, which will only be sent to those returning the booking slip below.
Please register as soon as possible: or send your full payment if you prefer !. Cheques should be made payable to the Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland, and sent to me :
Jennifer Scherr, Hon. Secretary, SNSBI, c/o Medical Library, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 1TD.
Tel: 0117 928 7946. Fax: 0117 925 5334/929 0185. E-mail: [log in to unmask]
I/We will/will not be able to attend the Ninth Annual Name Studies Conference in Bangor, 28 April - 1 May 2000 RESIDENT/NON RESIDENT
Special requirements, e.g. vegetarian meals, double room, disabled access to bathroom/WC
..
I/We wish to go on the coach tour on Sunday.
I enclose a cheque for
.. Registration (£25 SNSBI, £30 others; plus £15 Deposit).
Name:
Address:
Please return as soon as possible to Jennifer Scherr (as above)
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Jennifer Scherr
Sub-Librarian (Engineering, Medicine and Science)
University of Bristol
Medical Library
School of Medical Sciences
University Walk
Bristol
BS8 1TD
Tel: 0117 928 7946
Fax: 0117 925 5334 or 929 0185
Email: [log in to unmask]
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