The following works have been used in producing this site. 

The Cumbric Language

See also A Bibliography for Cumbric.

  • Jackson, K. (1953) Language and History in Early Britain, Edinburgh University Press
  • Matasović, R. (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic, Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden

Place Names

  • Armstrong, A.M., A. Mawer, F.M. Stenton and B. Dickins (1950–52) The Place-Names of Cumberland, Pts 1–3, Cambridge University Press.
  • Coates, R. and A. Breeze (2000) Celtic Voices English Places, Shaun Tyas, Stamford.
  • Dixon, N. (1947) ‘The Placenames of Midlothian’, PhD thesis, University of Edinburgh.
  • Drummond, P.J. (1987) Placenames of the Monklands, Monklands.
  • Drummond, P.J. (2014) ‘An analysis of toponyms and toponymic patterns in eight parishes of the upper Kelvin basin’, unpublished PhD thesis, University of Glasgow.
  • Ekwall, E. (1922) The Place-Names of Lancashire, Manchester University Press.
  • Ekwall, E. (1960) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names, 4th edition, OUP
  • James, A.G. (2020) The Brittonic Language in the Old North: a guide to the place-name evidence, Vol. 1–3, Scottish Place Name Society, available at https://spns.org.uk/resources/bliton.
  • Lee, J. (1998) The Place Names of Cumbria, Cumbria Heritage Services, Carlisle
  • Macdonald, A., 1937, ‘The Place Names of the County of West Lothian’, PhD thesis, University of Edinburgh.Mills, AD. (1991) A Dictionary of British Place-Names, OUP
  • Mills, D. (1976) The Place Names of Lancashire, Batsford, London.Nicolaisen, WHF. (1976) Scottish Place-Names, BT Batsford Ltd, London
  • Nicolaisen, W.F.H. (1976) Scottish Place-Names, Batsford, London.Watson, W.J. (1926) The Celtic Place-Names of Scotland, Birlinn, Edinburgh
  • Smith, A.H. (1966–7) The Place-Names of Westmorland, Parts 1 & 2, Cambridge University Press.
  • Watson, W.J. (1926) The Celtic Place-Names of Scotland, Birlinn, Glasgow (reprinted with extended introduction 2011).
  • Weatherhill, C. (2009) A Concise Dictionary of Cornish Place-Names, Evertype, Co. Mhaigh Eo.
  • Whaley, D. (2006), A Dictionary of Lake District Place-Names, EPNS, Nottingham.

History

  • Fraser, J.E. (2009) From Caledonia to Pictland: Scotland to 795, Edinburgh University Press
  • Phythian-Adams, C. (1996) Land of the Cumbrians, Scolar Press, Aldershot
  • Rollason, D. (2003) Northumbria 500-1100: Creation and destruction of a kingdom, CUP
  • Woolf, A. (2007) From Pictland to Alba: 789-1070, Edinburgh University Press

Literature of the Old North

  • Bromwich, R. (ed) (1961, 2014) Trioedd Ynys Prydein: the triads of the Island of Britain, University of Wales Press
  • Jackson, K.H. (1969), The Gododdin: the oldest Scottish Poem, Edinburgh University Press
  • Jarman, AOH (1990) Aneirin: Y Gododdin — Britain’s Oldest Heroic Poem, Gomer Press, Llandysul
  • Williams, I (1960) Canu Taliesin, University of Wales Press, Cardiff (Cymraeg/Welsh)
  • Williams, I (1970) Canu Aneirin, University of Wales Press, Cardiff (Cymraeg/Welsh)
  • Williams, I and Bromwich, R (ed) (1972) The Beginnings of Welsh Poetry, University of Wales Press, Cardiff

Historic Sources

  • Bede (Mclure J, and Collins R. eds) (1994) The Ecclesiastical History of the English People, OUP
  • Fitzpatrick-Matthews, K.J. (2020) Genealogia Brittonum: the complete Historia Brittonum, at http://www.kmatthews.org.uk/history/hb/historia_brittonum1.html, accessed 17-02-2025
  • Phillimore, E. (1888) ‘The Annales Cambriæ and Old Welsh Genealogies, from Harleian MS 3859‘ in Y Cymmrodor, Vol. IX, Cymmrodorion Society, London

The Celtic Languages

  • Bock, A. et al (2012) Gerlyver an FSS, Maga, Truro
  • Delamarre, X (2003) Dictionnaire de la Language Gauloise, Éditions Errance, Paris
  • Fargher, DC. (1979) Fargher’s English-Manx Dictionary, Shearwater Press, IOM
  • Goodwin, E. (1997) First Lessons in Manx, revised edition, Yn Cheshaght Ghailckagh, IOM
  • Henry, V. (1900) Lexique Étymologique du Breton Moderne, Rennes
  • Hemon, R. & Everson, M. (trans.) (2007) Breton Grammar, 2nd edition, Evertype, Co. Mhaigh Eo
  • Mac Mathúna, S. & Ó Corráin, A. (eds.) (1995) Collins Gem Irish Dictionary, HarperCollins Publishers
  • Meurig Evans, H. & Thomas, WO. (eds.) (1953) Y Geiriadur Newydd, Christopher Davies, Swansea
  • Morris Jones, J. (1913) A Welsh Grammar Historical and Comparative, Clarendon, Oxford
  • Price, G. (ed.) (2000) Languages in Britain and Ireland, Blackwell, Oxford
  • Schrijver, P. (1995) Studies in British Celtic Historical Phonology, Rodopi, Amsterdam
  • Williams, SJ. (1980) A Welsh Grammar, University of Wales Press
  • An Stòr-dàta Briathrachais Gàidhlig at http://www2.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaidhlig/faclair/sbg/, accessed 2011-2014
  • Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language at http://edil.qub.ac.uk, accessed 2013-14

Other Sources Used

  • Koch, J.T.(ed.) (2006) Celtic Culture: a historical encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO Ltd.
  • McLeod WT. (ed.) (1957) Collins Gem Latin Dictionary, William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd
  • Mitchell, B. & Robinson, FC. (1986) A Guide to Old English, 4th edition, Basil Blackwell Ltd, Oxford