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Welcome to the Scottish Place-Name Society web-site.
(Last updated: November 29th 2008)
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INDEX Bookshelf.
Scotland County-by-County Scottish Place-Name News
Projects in Progress Other Place-Name Societies.
Conferences past and present(new!) Links to other sites
Courses About the Society

Index of Celtic and Other Elements in W.J.Watson's 'The History of the Celtic Place-names of Scotland'

Lexicon of Proto-Celtic

BLITON
'Brittonic Language in the Old North' project
In-progress database of Alan James' research notes on the history of Brittonic in southern Scotland and northern England as reflected in place-name elements.
Only 'A' index available just yet. More soon!

For discussion and queries about Scottish place-names, visit the Scotplace discussion group

The Society, launched in February 1996, exists for the support of all aspects of toponymic studies in Scotland, and in particular the work of the Scottish Place-Name Database at the University of St. Andrews and the University of Edinburgh.

The Society circulates a newsletter to members, "Scottish Place-Name News", at least once a year.
(Editor: Bill Patterson)

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N.B. The Society is now officially a charity - Scottish charity number SC033810. This means that members can make donations to us via the Charities Aid Foundation, and we can reclaim tax in addition.

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SCOTLAND COUNTY-BY-COUNTY

Place-name notes and queries grouped by Counties.

WJ Watson 'Surveys' of Lothian,Dumfries and Galloway,Ayrshire and Strathclyde and Scotland North of Forth now on-line

(County Map) ABD Aberdeen ANG Angus
ARG Argyll AYR Ayrshire BNF Banffshire BWK Berwickshire
BTE Bute CAI Caithness CLA Clackmannanshire DMF Dumfriesshire
DNB Dunbartonshire ELO East Lothian FIF Fife INV Inverness-shire
KCD Kincardineshire KNR Kinross-shire(new!) KCB Kirkcudbrightshire LAN Lanarkshire
MLO Midlothian MOR Moray NAI Nairnshire ORK Orkney
PEB Peeblesshire PER Perthshire RNF Renfrewshire ROS Ross and Cromarty
ROX Roxburghshire SLK Selkirkshire SHE Shetland STL Stirlingshire
SUT Sutherland WLO West Lothian WIG Wigtownshire Antique Map (1287K)*
*courtesy the Trustees of the National Library of Scotland

Introduction to List of Parishes

List of Parishes in Scotland

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PROJECTS IN PROGRESS

News of on-going projects in toponymics and related subjects.

Cultural Contacts Fund - invitation to apply for grants
'Cairt', the Scottish Maps Forum's Newsletter, July 2006
AHRC Doctoral Award PhD Studentship: Gaelic Place-Names in Medieval Scotland
The Scottish Place-Name Database.
Project Pont .
The Northern Ireland Place-Name Project.
Notes from the Scottish Place-Name Survey.
Field-Names.
The Anglo-Saxon Plant-Name Survey

What's on around Scotland?

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CONFERENCES PAST AND PRESENT

Announcements:

Scottish Place-Name Society, Spring Conference, CatStrand Theatre, New Galloway, Saturday 9th May 2009 (details soon)

Reports:

Scottish Place-Name Society, Autumn Conference, Abertay University, Dundee, Saturday 8th November 2008
Scottish Place-Name Society, Spring Conference, Elgin, Saturday 10th May 2008 (new!)
Scottish Place-Name Society Autumn Conference, Heriot-Watt University Riccarton Campus, Edinburgh, Saturday 10th November 2007
Scottish Place-Name Society Spring Conference, Fort William, Saturday 5th May 2007
Scottish Place-Name Society Autumn Conference, November 4th 2006, the Pearce Institute, Govan
Scottish Place-Name Conference, St Andrews, Saturday 6th May 2006
Scottish Place-Name Society Conference, Dollar, Saturday 5th November 2005
SPNSoc Conference, Newton St Boswells, Saturday 7th May 2005
SPNSoc Conference, Inverness, Saturday 27th November 2004
SPNSoc Conference, Kilmarnock, Saturday 8 May 2004
SPNSoc Conference, Dundee, November 8th 2003
Joint SPNS, SNSBI and NORNA Place-Names Conference, Lerwick, Shetland, 4th-8th April 2003
SPNSoc Day Conference, Glasgow, 9th November 2002
SPNSoc Conference, Aviemore,10th November 2001
SPNSoc Conference: Dumfries, Sat 12 May 2001
SPNSoc Conference: Motherwell, Sat. 11 November 2000
SPNSoc AGM and Day Conference, Perth, 13 May 2000.
SNSBI, 9th annual conference, University of Wales, Bangor, 28 April - 1 May 2000
SPNS Conference "Place-Names of the North-East", November 1999,Aberdeen.
The Viking Maritime Heritage in North-West Europe, 30th Sept.-3rd Oct. 1999, Normandy
SPNS AGM and Conference, 8 May 1999, Edinburgh.
SPNS Conference "Names and Boundaries" November 1998, Perth
SPNS AGM and Conference, 2 May 1998, Glasgow
Nicolaisen on Aberdeen & ICOS XIX
The Society's First AGM.
Fifth International Conference on the Languages of Scotland & Ulster
Place-names at the Mod

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COURSES

Forthcoming courses and seminars on place-names.

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BOOKSHELF

Publications old and new reviewed; links to specialist booksellers/dealers.

Classic texts & recommended reading list. (updated 29 January 2008)
New publications.new (Spring 2008)!
Booksellers

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SCOTTISH PLACE-NAME NEWS

Place-Names in the news; members contributions; Toponymic Varia!

Scottish Place-Name News Archive:

Scottish Place-Name News Autumn 2008

As John G Wiilkinson notes, acoustic conitions were less than ideal for speakers and audience
at the Fort William conference in May 2007.

(John G Wilkinson's study of West Lothian Place-Names, originally published in 1992 , is now freely available on-line at http://www.cyberscotia.com/west-lothian-place-names)

Notes(to Spring 2008)
and
Queries

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OTHER PLACE-NAME SOCIETIES

Addresses, telephone numbers, publications.

Other Place-Name Societies.

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LINKS

Links to other related Web-sites, geographic and historic and toponymic.

Links.

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ABOUT THE SOCIETY

Its Presides, Committee and Ordinary Members; postal addresses for the editor and treasurer.

About the Society

Feedback! Let us have your ideas and suggestions for the site!

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Convener: Simon Taylor
Vice-convenor: Morag Redford
Treasurer: Peter Drummond
Secretary: Alison Grant
Newsletter editors: Bill Patterson

Ordinary members: Michael Ansell, Ian Fraser, Jake King, Maggie Scott, Doreen Waugh.
Ex Officio member: Margaret A Mackay

Website pages maintained by: Henry Gough-Cooper