English Place-Name Society
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The English Place-Name Society is a learned society based in the United Kingdom concerned with toponymy, in other words, what can be learned from the study of place-names.
The Society was founded in 1923, and since 1968 its offices have been based at the University of Nottingham.
See also: Toponymy, British toponymy, Scottish Place-Name Society, International Council for Onomastic Studies, Ulster Place-Name Society, Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland.
External links
- English Place-Name Society website (http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/research/EPNS/)