Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland (Registered Charity No. 1077455)
(in collaboration with the English Place-Name Society and the Society for Landscape Studies)

Names and Places in the North-west of England.
Saturday 3rd November 2007

A Follow-up (by popular request) of the Study Day held in February to celebrate the work of the late Dr Mary Higham.
It was held in C2/C15, Renold Building, Sackville Street, University of Manchester (close to Piccadilly Railway Station).

Provisional Programme

9.45 am Registration and Coffee
10.15 am Welcome and Introduction:
Dr Alex Rumble (University of Manchester) and
Dr Oliver Padel (President of EPNS and SNSBI)

MORNING SESSION: Chair: Prof Diana Whaley (University of Newcastle)

10.30 - 11.10 am Dr Simon Taylor (University of Glasgow): “Where wind and water sheareth: following a boundary in medieval Fife”

11.15 – 11.55 am Dr Carole Hough (University of Glasgow): “Women in the landscape: place-name evidence for women in north-west England”

HOT BUFFET LUNCH in the Barnes Wallis Restaurant 12.30 – 1.30pm

AFTERNOON SESSION: Chair: Dr Alex Rumble (University of Manchester)

1.45 – 2.25 pm Dr Margaret Gelling, MBE, FBA (University of Birmingham): “Landscapes and place-names in the north-west”

2.30 – 3.00 pm Mr Brian Rich (University of Keele): “The Staffordshire Moorlands”

3.05 – 3.45 pm Dr Paul Cavill (University of Nottingham): “Topography and the Battle of Brunanburh”

CLOSE and TEA 3.45 – 4.15pm

For comparison, the original day in memory of Dr Mary Higham had the following programme:
Introduction and Eulogy - Dr Alan Crosby.
Mary Higham's Landscapes - Dr Alan Crosby.
Floods and the Landscape in Cumbria - Professor Ian Whyte.
Landscapes and Place Names in the Northwest - Dr Margaret Gelling.
Marches and Coldrain: exploring the place names of boundaries and assembly sites in east central Scotland - Dr Simon Taylor.