Roots of the Region
Our roots are in our past
In this section of the website We go back to Viking, Anglo-Saxon and earlier times, looking at place names and surnames, dialect and history in our search for clues to the region's ancient origins. The results are often surprising. Here you will find that the region's roots are often revealed in place-names and dialect. My book Northern Roots covers these subjects in further detail and examines the origins of people in other regions of northern England with chapters on the Celtic, Anglo-Saxon and Viking influence. The Border Reivers and Irish immigration of more recent times are also covered. There are features on dialect, place-names, first names, surnames and many other aspects of our northern heritage. It will be useful to local historians and family historians with connections in Lancashire, Manchester, Liverpool, Cumberland, Westmorland,County Durham, Newcastle, Northumberland or Yorkshire or indeed anywhere in the North of England.
BOOK:NORTHERN ROOTS : by David Simpson
Who we are, where we came from, why we speak the way we do
Business Education Publishers Ltd. : ISBN 1 901888 35 5 (Price £7.95 plus p & p)
The origins of the people of Northern England from Celtic and Viking times to the present day. Covers place-names northern surnames, Irish immigration in Northern England, the Border Reivers and a dialect glossary. Covers the whole of northern England from Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester to Newcastle, Sunderland and Middlesbrough.
Paperback, 160 printed pages, published December 2002.
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