Author: GOVER, J.E.B., MAWER, ALLEN, AND STENTON, F.W., WITH THE COLLABORATION OF MADGE, S.J.
Title: The Place-Names of Middlesex [ Placenames ]
Description: Cambridge, Cambridge at the University Press. 1945, First Edition. Hardback 8vo. 145mm x 223mm tall (5.5" x 8.75" approx.). Pp xxxiv, 235, (ii), + 2 small, single-folded maps in pocket at rear. Included in the contents are notes on the dialect of Middlesex as illustrated in the place names, and a useful bibliography. English Place-Name Society. Volume XVIII. Very minor rubs to head & tail of spine and front board cloth very slightly cockled, otherwise very good, in the original blind-ruled, blue cloth-covered boards/gilt spine title. WITH, to the front paste-down, the signature "Archibald F. Becke, Major, late R.F.A.- Putney, August, 1942" and heraldic bookplate with the family motto "Astute Tamen Honore". [Archibald Frank Becke was the Author of "Napoleon and Waterloo, The Emperor's Campaign with the Armee Du Nord 1815".].

Keywords: Topography History England Middx Middlesex Major Archibald F. Becke Putney Heraldic Exlibris Ex-Libris Bookplate Heraldry Astute Tamen Honore Frank Napoleon and Waterloo Armee Du Nord 1815 Ossulstone Hundred Hundreds Gore Elthorne Spelthorne Bibliography


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