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Paperback Sunnyside: A History of British House Names Book

ISBN: 0197267157

ISBN13: 9780197267158

Sunnyside: A History of British House Names

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This book discusses developments in the history of British house names from the earliest written evidence (Beowulf's Heorot) to the twentieth century.

Chapters 1 and 2 track changes from medieval naming practices such as Ceolmundingchaga and Prestebures, to present-day house names such as Fairholme and Oakdene: that is, the shift from recording the name of the householder (Sabelinesbury, 'Sabeline's manor'), the householder's occupation (le...

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