IMC 2016: Sessions
Session 624: Productive Ground: Place-Names and the Landscapes of Food Provision
Tuesday 5 July 2016, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Institute for Name-Studies, University of Nottingham |
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Organiser: | John Baker, Institute for Name-Studies, University of Nottingham |
Moderator/Chair: | Jayne Carroll, Institute for Name-Studies, University of Nottingham |
Paper 624-a | The Seasoned Traveller: Place-Name Evidence for Medieval Salt Transport (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - Trade, Language and Literature - Old English, Onomastics |
Paper 624-b | Field-Names, Food, and Farming Practices in Medieval Nottinghamshire (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Middle English, Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Onomastics |
Paper 624-c | A Balanced Diet?: Evidence for Hunting, Gathering, and Farming in Shropshire Place-Names (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Onomastics |
Abstract | Medieval food production and its associated activities and industries have left a significant linguistic legacy in the English landscape, in the form of place-names. These contain numerous references to animal husbandry, crop cultivation, and so on; to a very considerable degree, field-names reflect the agricultural concerns and farming practices of predominantly rural communities; and England's medieval infrastructure, parts of which are best studied through onomastic research, must partly be a response to the movement of food and livestock. This session explores ways in which place- and field-names across the Midlands can help us identify and characterise different elements in the chain of food production and supply. |