Word of Mouth
Word of Mouth
BBC Radio 4
Talk of the Town: How Places Got Their Names
27 minutes Posted Feb 5, 2019 at 4:00 pm.
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From Ashby-de-la-Zouch to Zennor, via Great Snoring, Lost and Nempnett Thrubwell, Michael Rosen is joined by linguists Dr Laura Wright and Professor Richard Coates to explore the origins of the UK's place names. What are the meanings of some of the most common village name formations, and how did some of the stranger names come about?

Producer: Mair Bosworth