Please feel free to copy this announcement of a day school on place-names
to other interested parties: non-members welcome!
Jennifer Scherr, Hon Secretary, Society for Name Studies in Britain and
Ireland
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Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland
(Registered Charity No. 1077455)
(in collaboration with the English Place-Name Society and the Society for
Landscape Studies)
NAMES AND PLACES IN THE NORTH-WEST
SATURDAY 3rd NOVEMBER 2007
C2/C15, Renold Building, Sackville Street, University of Manchester
9.45 am Registration and Coffee
10.15 am Welcome and Introduction:
Dr Alex Rumble (University of Manchester) and
Dr Oliver Padel (President of EPNS and SNSBI)
Chair: Prof Diana Whaley (University of Newcastle)
10.30 - 11.10 am
Dr Carole Hough (University of Glasgow):
"Women in the landscape: place-name evidence for women in north-west
England"
11.15 - 11.55 am
Dr Simon Taylor (University of Glasgow):
"Where wind and water sheareth: following a boundary in medieval Fife"
LUNCH in the Barnes Wallis Restaurant 12.30 - 1.30pm
Chair: Dr Alex Rumble, University of Manchester
1.45 - 2.25 pm
Dr Margaret Gelling, MBE, FBA (University of Birmingham):
"Landscapes and place-names in the north-west"
2.30 - 3.00 pm
Mr Brian Rich (Univerity Keele):
"The Staffordshire Moorlands"
3.05 - 3.45 pm
Dr Paul Cavill (University of Nottingham):
"Topography and the Battle of Brunanburh"
CLOSE and TEA 3.45 - 4.15pm
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Please return the booking form below to Jennifer Scherr, Hon Sec, SNSBI,
c/o Medical Library, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol, BS8
1TD:
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I/We wish to attend the SNSBI study day at the University of Manchester,
Saturday 3rd November 2007 (Vegetarian/vegan/other special requirement -
delete as relevant)
A cheque for ???????£35.00 (per person) is enclosed, made out to the
Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland.
Name:
Address:
Email address:
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Jennifer Scherr
Assistant Director, Public Services
University of Bristol Information Services
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