SOCIETY FOR NAME STUDIES IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND

FOURTEENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
University of Wales, Swansea
2-5 April 2005


PROGRAMME.

SATURDAY 2 APRIL

3.00 pm onwards:
Registration in foyer of Fulton House (& in Prescelli Hall for accommodation).

The first picture shows the outside of Fulton House and various SNSBI members.

Opening Lecture
8.00pm - 9.00pm Professor Prys Morgan
Swansea and Gower: an illustrated tour.

9.15 pm Committee meeting.


SUNDAY 3 APRIL

Morning Lectures.
9.15 - 10.00 Professor Hywel Wyn Owen and Gruff Prys Archif Melville Richards: a place-name resource database
10.00 - 10.45 Dr Simon Taylor A survey of place-names in Fife: towards a national place-name survey of placenames of Scotland.
11.15 - 12.00 Dr David Parsons and Dr Paul Cullen The vocabulary of English place-names
12.00 - 12.35 Dr Duncan Probert Anglo-Saxons in Devon
Afternoon Lectures.
2.15pm - 2.50 John and Sheila Rowlands The distribution of surnames in Wales
2.50 - 3.25 Dr Peder Gammeltoft What is a name to a Viking?
3.25 - 4.00Dr Chris Lewis English places named after saints: why so few?
4.30 - 5.00 Dr John Freeman Place-names and field names in Welsh Herefordshire
Evening Lecture
8.00pm - 9.00pm Dr Margaret Gelling The Cambridge Dictionary

MONDAY 4 APRIL

9.15am AGM
Morning Lectures.
9.45 - 10.30 Dr George Redmonds Unofficial names
11.00 - 11.45 Dr Conchubhar 0 Crualaoich Place-names in Co. Wexford: Irish place-names in an English coat and English place-names in many coats
11.45 - 12.30 Dr Jonathan Roper Personal and place names in English verbal charms
Afternoon Excursion
1.30 pm coach excursion led by Professor Prys Morgan to the Tywi valley, Carmarthenshire including Llanarthne, Castell Dryslwyn, Aberglasne, Castell Dinefwr and Plas Donefwr (National Trust) The second picture shows conference members on their way to Castell Dinefwr.
Evening Lecture
8.00pm - 9.00pm Dr John Insley Septimania: Romans, Goths and Franks

TUESDAY 5 APRIL

9.30 - 11.30 Committee meeting, Room 2, Fulton House.

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