PlaceNames

“Dell-high, hell-high — better call it Foote-high!” -- A placename is not a place, but it can tell you something about its history. And even if you might be skeptical, it's usually a good tale. [Place/Name (P)]

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[OnePotMeal] In the town where I grew up, the one I call Salthill when I write fiction (a name with its own story, you betcha), you can tell how long someone’s lived there by what they call things.

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[Fragments from Floyd] While there may be the kernel of a fact wrapped up in the names of villages, mountains, crossroads and rivers, more often than not, the names make me wonder about the part of the story that they don't tell.

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[CassandraPages] Place names are supposed to tell us something about history, but how often does our own history get caught up in theirs?

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[London and the North] I applaud the people in Otley who took action against the sudden appearance of the Welcome to Leeds signs outside their town. Talk about bureaucratic insensitivity!