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The English Place-Name Society
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Home of the Survey of English Place-Names, based at the University of Nottingham.
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Published today! Allan heddiw!
Comprehensive explanations of the names of 900 towns, villages and hamlets - from Aberangell to Ystumgynon - in the historic Welsh county of Montgomeryshire / Sir Trefaldwyn.
➡️ www.welsh-academic-press.wales

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October 23, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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snsbi.bsky.social
Our congratulations to Emeritus Professor Hywel Wyn Owen, recent recipient of the Green Robes at the Gorsedd, the society of Welsh-language poets, writers, musicians and others who have contributed to the Welsh language and to public life in Wales. @placenames.bsky.social
August 25, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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drmjwarren.bsky.social
I’m with @histassoc.bsky.social tonight talking all about how birds have been shaping and transforming our relationships with place for a very long time. Old places and old ways. Come join! Online, free, 19:30: www.history.org.uk/events/calen.... #thecuckooslea #naturewriting
Virtual branch: The Cuckoo’s Lea
In his recent book The Cuckoo's Lea Dr Michael J Warren provides a beautiful exploration of how birds are entwined with British history, particularly in our place names. Join us for an exclusive Q&A ...
www.history.org.uk
June 19, 2025 at 7:28 AM
englishplacenames.bsky.social
We'll be there with our lovely books!
uonenglish.bsky.social UoN English @uonenglish.bsky.social · Mar 5
In collaboration with the University of Leicester, we are delighted to announce the return of the Midlands Viking Symposium!

Saturday 17 May 2025, 10am - 5pm
Senate Chamber, Trent Building, University of Nottingham
Registration: £30

Find out more: nott.ac/midlandsvikingsymposium
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March 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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uonenglish.bsky.social
In collaboration with the University of Leicester, we are delighted to announce the return of the Midlands Viking Symposium!

Saturday 17 May 2025, 10am - 5pm
Senate Chamber, Trent Building, University of Nottingham
Registration: £30

Find out more: nott.ac/midlandsvikingsymposium
An open landscape around a bay with a boat on the water. Text repeated in post.
March 5, 2025 at 10:21 AM
englishplacenames.bsky.social
Interested in working with us on The Place-Names of #Herefordshire? We're recruiting a Research Assistant!

Fixed term, full- or part-time. Closing date 14 March. Please share widely.

#academicsky #medievalsky

jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Vacancy at the University of Nottingham: Research Assistant (Part time, fixed-term)
Do you have experience in producing high quality, accurate text? Do you have a keen eye for technical detail? Do you have particular interest and some experience in the history of English, Welsh or th...
jobs.nottingham.ac.uk
March 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
englishplacenames.bsky.social
Love a pun!
chegchenko.bsky.social James Chetwood @chegchenko.bsky.social · Jan 27
Just a quick thanks to @englishplacenames.bsky.social for letting me publish an article with a silly title.
Article first page. Title: Where’s Walh-y? Searching for ‘invisible Britons’ in early medieval England’, by James Chetwood. Cover of the Journal of the English Place-Name Society, volume 55.
January 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
englishplacenames.bsky.social
We're having a grand old time at Derbyshire Archaeology Day with a selection of our lovely books! 📚
Great to see such a big audience for this event.
January 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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kfbullen.bsky.social
Just received the Journal of the English Place-Name Society. Great to be able to contribute to the bibliography with Abigail Lloyd and @ellierye.bsky.social. Lots to celebrate 🥂, including @britishacademy.bsky.social's involvement with the project @snsbi.bsky.social @namestudies.bsky.social
January 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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ccooijmans.bsky.social
We've been sitting on this one for a bit, so very thrilled to see our Great Viking Survey out in the wild today. 🌊

Find it at vikingsurvey.org, and please do share far and wide - anyone is welcome to take part!
makingawarrior.bsky.social Making a Warrior @makingawarrior.bsky.social · Nov 14
We're so pleased to launch The Great Viking Survey today, a global study on how people view and connect with the viking world as history and heritage. We invite anyone, anywhere, to share their thoughts on vikings and their legacy!

Let us see the Viking Age through your eyes at vikingsurvey.org
The Great Viking Survey logo, overlaid on a photo of a rocky shore.
November 14, 2024 at 10:29 AM
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em-ehx.bsky.social
Brilliant fun writing this blog for @ragnasislands.bsky.social about Egilsay in Orkney!
ragnasislands.bsky.social Ragna's Islands @ragnasislands.bsky.social · Nov 26
What does guest-blogger @em-ehx.bsky.social make of the 'carrot-shaped' #Orkney island place-name #Egilsay?! Find out in our latest blog! shorturl.at/UnbgU
St Magnus Church, Egilsay, with Rousay visible in the background © Tom Fairfax. Colour photo of a stone church on a lightly cloudy day. It has a distinctive round tower. The church sits in the middle ground with an unmettled lane leading to it. The background is sea with hills beyond.
November 26, 2024 at 10:27 AM
englishplacenames.bsky.social
The English Place-Name Society has made it to Bluesky! 👋 Give us a follow for books, events, and place-name content.
January 24, 2025 at 9:57 AM