This site is intended to provide a service for members of the Society and also to provide other interested individuals with access to information relevant to Name Studies in Britain and Ireland.

Index to the Website

General Queries (Click here for further information) and links to other web-sites of interest.

Forthcoming Events.

Please send details of other forthcoming events, both those organised by the Society and others of interest to members, to webmaster@snsbi.org.uk

Recent Events.

"A Commodity of Good Names" - this book of essays in honour of Margaret Gelling was published in March 2008, just in time for the SNSBI conference at Edinburgh. Copies may be ordered from Shaun Tyas.

The Journal "NOMINA".

Please contact the editor regarding contributions to the journal at editor@snsbi.org.uk.

Membership of the Society.

For queries about membership, please contact treasurer@snsbi.org.uk
and for other general queries contact secretary@snsbi.org.uk

Essay Prize.

Members' Interests and Work in Progress.

Please send additional entries for this section to webmaster@snsbi.org.uk

Historical Background.

The Council for Name Studies in Great Britain and Ireland was set up some 30 years ago to bring together scholars who were working in the field of Name Studies in the British Isles. Membership of the Council was originally by invitation, but in the late 1980s it was felt that an open society would be more appropriate. As a result, the Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland was formally inaugurated in November 1991 with its first conference held in Belfast in 1992.

The Society took over the publication of the Council's journal NOMINA and has also organised conferences and day schools annually since then. The present membership of around 200 is drawn mainly from England, Scotland, Wales and the north and south of Ireland. We also have members in Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, USA and Japan. We welcome new members with an interest in proper names, including place names, personal names and surnames.

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