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This booklet is a handbook for all those interested in exploring the history, development and meaning of field-names in the Lake District. It offers advice on the sources to consult to discover the field-names of a local area, and how to interpret their meaning with a view to making sense of the history of fields in a chosen locality. It also includes a detailed Glossary of obsolete and dialect terms encountered in field-names and a series of local maps to illustrate patterns in field-naming in different parts of the Lake District.

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