The Place-Names of England and Wales (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Place-Names of England and WalesWritten record of British history before the arrival of Julius Caesar's legions in 55 there is all but none. True, the Cassiterides tin islands - are referred to by Herodotus, the father of history himself, as well as by Strabo, and these Cassiterides must have included part of the mainland of Cornwall as well as the Scilly Isles. There is a Cassiter Street in Bodmin at this day. The general name, britain, 1 also goes back to Aristotle. For the rest there yawns a vast blank.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.