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C. Hough

Two 'Bird Hall' names in Kirkpatrick Fleming

Ornithology, Etymology

TDGNHAS Series III, 78 (2004), 125(4.91 MB)

Abstract

A type of place-name formation in which the word hall is preceeded by a bird-name has long been recognised in northern England but has only recently been identified in Scotland. The Scottish corpus is still so small that any new additions have a significa