Download or read book Place-Names in the Landscape written by Margaret Gelling and published by J M Dent & Sons Limited. This book was released on 1993 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this text, the author presents details of her research on the way in which numerous place-names are strongly rooted in the physical features of the land. Using a thematic approach, she describes how varied physical characteristics, such as hills and valleys, trees and forests, marshes, moors, springs and lakes have shaped place-names and establishes a general picture of a people in possession of a vast and topographical vocabulary.