Word of Mouth - Talk of the Town: How Places Got Their Names
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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
Published on Tuesday, 5th February 2019.
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