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Dr Kathryn Bullen
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Researcher/Project Manager focusing on place-names, heritage, and community engagement. PhD July 2024 @UoNEnglish explored place-names on the Isle of Axholme. https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/77421/
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#Makers
Dr Kathryn Bullen led the session today discussing the history of place names in the area.
lady with short brown curly hair speaking to the group
November 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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snsbi.bsky.social
Our next name story is the surname Fox and is written by Peter McClure, Honorary Professor (Name Studies) at the University of Nottingham.
www.snsbi.org.uk/exploring-na...
@namestudies.bsky.social @englishplacenames.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social @placenames.bsky.social @ainmean-aite.bsky.social
Fox - SNSBI
What might link the family names Fox, Gough, Todd and Redknap? If you're foxed, you should probably read this family name story...
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October 31, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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chegchenko.bsky.social
Just settling in for the (online) @snsbi.bsky.social conference: Names Abroad: Names From Abroad, organised by Peder Gammeltoft (University of Bergen). I'll try to post some highlights from the papers. Looks like a great line up: www.snsbi.org.uk/2025_autumn_...
SNSBI: 2025 autumn conference
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October 25, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Our next name story comes from Glasgow, Scotland, and is written by Dr Alasdair Whyte, Lecturer in Celtic Onomastics at the University of Glasgow.
www.snsbi.org.uk/exploring-na...
@namestudies.bsky.social @ainmean-aite.bsky.social
Glaschu ~ Glasgow and Gart nan Gad ~ Garngad - SNSBI
This story looks at some Glasgow place-names which tell us about the natural environment through a language which was the mother tongue of the area’s communities for several centuries: Gaelic.
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October 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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snsbi.bsky.social
Our next family name story is 'Hitchcock: a southern English family name' and is written by Peter McClure, Honorary Professor (Name Studies) at the University of Nottingham. @namestudies.bsky.social

www.snsbi.org.uk/exploring-na...

www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/peop...
Hitchcock - SNSBI
This name story traces the history of the family name Hitchcock, best known today as the name of the film director Alfred Hitchcock.
www.snsbi.org.uk
September 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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snsbi.bsky.social
Registration is now open for the SNSBI 2025 Autumn Day Conference, which will take place online via Zoom on Saturday 25 October (11.00 to 16.30) - do join us!

Booking is via Eventbrite link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/names-abro...

Abstracts are available here: www.snsbi.org.uk/2025_autumn_...
September 9, 2025 at 9:37 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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@kfbullen.bsky.social has developed a useful and interesting site based on her research into Axholme place-names:
axholmeplacenames.wordpress.com
Isle of Axholme place-names
Discovering the landscape through the language of place-names
axholmeplacenames.wordpress.com
August 20, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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snsbi.bsky.social
Take a look at this new book by Liz Curtis on East Lothian place-names: spns.org.uk/resources/pl....

East Lothian is the Scottish county east of Edinburgh. The book shares a varied collection of place-names, providing windows on the past.

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August 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Our next name story explores the archaeology of the place-name 'York', written by Diana Whaley, Emeritus Professor of Early Medieval Studies @newcastleuni.bsky.social. Explore the name's development reflected in the people/languages + layers of influence shown in buildings/archaeology.
York — the archaeology of a place-name - SNSBI
The place-name York, like the city itself, has a fascinating history reflecting the influence of many different peoples
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August 2, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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Etymology of the day: spiders were once known as ‘attercops’, or ‘poison-heads’, because it was believed most spiders were venomous. The ‘cop’ element became the ‘cob’ in ‘cobweb’.
July 20, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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snsbi.bsky.social
The SNSBI is now on LinkedIn! 👋 Give us a follow for content on names, place-names and events! www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Discover routes into names and name studies with the Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland! | Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland
Discover routes into names and name studies with the Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland! Our new SNSBI website contains lots of material on place-names and surnames, with name-stories foc...
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July 16, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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snsbi.bsky.social
Welcome to the first in a series of @snsbi.bsky.social name stories. This month, Peter McClure takes a look at the name 'attenborough'. Find out more about the famous brothers, the place-name which gave rise to the surname 'attenborough', & more about the surname...
www.snsbi.org.uk/exploring-na...
Attenborough - SNSBI
Where does the surname Attenborough come from?
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July 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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snsbi.bsky.social
Call for papers! The @snsbi.bsky.social autumn day online conference "Names Abroad - Names From Abroad" is on Sat 25/10/2025: A) Current Name Research in Scandinavia, of relevance to Britain/Ireland, B) Names of other origins in Britain and Ireland and elsewhere. Deadline for abstracts: 15 August.
July 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Come join us @imc-leeds.bsky.social in 2026 to talk about names! Please share this CfP with anyone interested - all are welcome
June 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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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
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At the Nottinghamshire Names Day, @beccagregs.bsky.social introduces place-names, their origins as descriptions of the world + importance of early spellings.

www.nottingham.ac.uk/conference/f...

@namestudies.bsky.social, @englishplacenames.bsky.social @snsbi.bsky.social @uonenglish.bsky.social
June 14, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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snsbi.bsky.social
Next up: Introducing the place-names of Britain and Ireland;
diverse landscapes, diverse human uses.

Photo was taken at Ellenabeich, a small village on the isle of Seil, 7 miles southwest of Oban, in Scotland. @ainmean-aite.bsky.social

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June 9, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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snsbi.bsky.social
What is a name? This regular series of posts features pages from our new website: www.snsbi.org.uk/exploring-na...
Let us know your thoughts below!

@namestudies.bsky.social, @englishplacenames.bsky.social,
@placenames.bsky.social, @logainm.bsky.social, spns.org.uk, www.ulsterplacenamesociety.org
May 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Heads up - international workshop - call for papers!

'The social life of names and naming practices in migration contexts', Paris, 20-21 November 2025 calenda.org/1250904

anr.fr/Projet-ANR-2...
The social life of names and naming practices in migration contexts
This workshop aims to reflect on names and naming practices in the context of migration from a variety of disciplines of the humanities and social sciences, tackling present or historical situation...
calenda.org
May 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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uonenglish.bsky.social
Come along to the University of Nottingham’s Nottinghamshire Names Day and discover how the names of places and people can tell us about history, languages, landscapes and culture, from ancient times to the present day.

Find out more: www.nottingham.ac.uk/conference/f...
A signpost in front of a hedge showing directions for Owthorpe, Cropwell Bishop, Hickling and Melton. Text: Nottinghamshire Names Day, University of Nottingham
April 30, 2025 at 9:27 AM
kfbullen.bsky.social
Fab exploration with folk from the North Lincolnshire Cultural Assembly looking at @bradford2025.co.uk. Highlights included community practices promoting wellbeing (integrating art, culture, health and care), youth advisory panel, and training community researchers. Much food for thought!
April 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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@snsbi.bsky.social 31st Spring Conference has begun at @stir.ac.uk with an evening lecture by Professor Richard Oram 'From Mountain to Moss and Forest: People, Land and Environment in Stirling and the Forth Valley'. A strategic place of power where kingdoms clash, not an untouched wilderness.
April 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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royalhistsoc.org
Many thanks to all who spoke at and attended 'History and Archives in Practice' yesterday: held jointly by @royalhistsoc.org, @ihr.bsky.social and The National Archives.

This year's event brought together 130 historians & archivists to discuss collaborative practice and experience #skystorians 1/2
Images of the 2025 History and Archives in Practice day conference, hosted by the Royal Historical Society, Institute of Historical Research and The National Archives. Images show the main conference gathering and a poster session.
March 6, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Wonderful afternoon to lead a walking tour of Bloomsbury with @adamchapman.bsky.social as part of #HAP25. Great to talk about how @vchlondon.bsky.social approaches to the built environment can use urban landscapes as archive.
Landscape image. Park in the foreground. Large brutalist building behind. Set in front of a clear blue sky. Group of people stand listening to man talking. In an urban park with the sun shining. Backs of people looking up at a large brutalist building.
March 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM