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In this issue · Nov 5, 2026Keep looking beyond the county line.
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Place Names

Unpack the words that mark villages, fields, rivers and roads.

Our point of view

A county is a story told in place

Maps, names and records offer different clues. Put them together and familiar ground starts to read differently.

  1. Why County Boundaries Rarely Follow a Single Neat Line
  2. Field, Ford and Green: Reading English Place-Name Clues
  3. The County Map Before the County Map

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