Place-Names and History

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Excerpt from Place-Names and History: Robert Spence Watson Memorial Lecture Delivered Before the Literary and Philosophical Society, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, September 25, 1922Such etymologies are seldom correct, but they are always interesting and in this, as in other matters of legendary history, it is well to remember that what people believed to be the truth is often more important historically than the truth itself.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.