Place Names
When a Place Name Misleads
Place names can hint at local history, but careful reading helps you separate a tempting guess from evidence about a…
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Place Names
Read names as clues to language and landscape, without treating a clue as proof.
Our point of view
Country life deserves a closer reading
Rural places are not a single story. We look at their details with curiosity, distinguish observation from assumption and leave room for regional difference.