A Bibliography for Cumbric

The following books and articles provide some useful information on the Cumbric language.

Articles etc.

Breeze, A. (1998) ‘Ouse Burn, Tyneside, Northumberland’ Archaeologia Aeliana, 5th series, Vol. 26, 57–8.

Breeze, A. (1999) ‘Some Celtic place-names of Scotland, including Dalriada, Kincarden, Abercorn, Coldingham and Girvan’, Scottish Language, 18, 34–51.

Breeze, A. (1999) ‘The Name of Trailtrow, near Lockerbie, Scotland’, Northern History, 35, 205–7.

Breeze, A. (2000) ‘The names of Bellshill, Carmichael, Lauder and Soutra’, Innes Review, 51, 72–9.

Breeze, A. (2000) ‘Some Celtic place-names of Scotland, including Arran, Carmunnock, Gogar, and Water of May’, Scottish Language, 19, 117–34.

Breeze, A. (2000) ‘Four Brittonic Place-Names from South-West Scotland: Tradunnock, Trailflat, Troqueer and Troax’, Transactions of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society, 74, 55–60.

Breeze, A. (2000) ‘The names of Yorkshire’s Cray Beck, River Balder and River Nidd’, Transactions of the Yorkshire Dialect Society, 19, 27–33.

Breeze, A. (2001) ‘Brittonic Place-Names from South-West Scotland, Part 2: Ptolemy’s Abravannus, “Locatrebe”, Cumnock, Irvine and Water of Milk’, Transactions of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society, 75, 151-8.

Breeze, A. (2001) ‘The Name of Maelmin, near Yeavering’, Archaeologia Aeliana, 5th series, Vol. 29, 31-2.

Breeze, A. (2001) ‘The name of the River Petteril’, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, 3rd Series, Vol. 1, 195-6.

Breeze, A. (2002) ‘Pennango near Hawick and Welsh angau “death”‘, Northern History, Vol. 39, 126.

Breeze, A. (2002) ‘The Kingdom and Name of Elmet’, Northern History, Vol. 39, 157-71.

Breeze, A. (2002) ‘The Celtic names of Blencow and Blenkinsopp’, Northern History, Vol 39, 291-2.

Breeze, A. (2002) ‘Some Celtic place-names of Scotland, including Tain, Cadzow, Cockleroy and Prenderguest’, Scottish Language, 21, 27-42.

Breeze, A. (2002) ‘The Cumbric name of Harthkyn, a field near Ponsonby’, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, 3rd series, Vol. 2, 310-11.

Breeze, A. (2002) ‘Brittonic Place-Names from South-West Scotland, Part 3: Vindogara, Elvan Water, “Mondedamderg”, Troquhain and Tarelgin’, Transactions of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society, Vol. 76, 107-12.

Breeze, A. (2003) ‘Brittonic Place-Names from South-West Scotland, Part 4: Glentenmont, Rattra, Tarras, and Tinny Bank’ Transactions of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society, Vol. 77, 161-7.

Breeze, A. (2004) ‘Brittonic Place-names from South-West Scotland, Part 5: Minnygap and Minnigaff’, Transactions of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society, Vol. 78, 121-4.

Breeze, A. (2005) ‘Brittonic Place-Names from South-West Scotland, Part 6: Cummertrees, Beltrees, Trevercarcou’, Transactions of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society, Vol. 79, 91-4.

Breeze, A. (2000-06) ‘The names of Blantyre, Carluke, and Carnwath, near Glasgow’, Scottish Studies, Vol. 34, 1-4.

Breeze, A. (2006) ‘Four Cumbric names: Barnweill, Brenego, Roderbrenn, and Haltree’, Scottish Place-Name News, No. 21, 2–4.

Breeze, A. (2006) ‘Three Celtic toponyms: Setantii, Blencathra, and Pen-y-Ghent’, Northern History, Vol. 43, 161-5.

Breeze, A. (2006) ‘Britons in the Barony of Gilsland, Cumbria’, Northern History, Vol. 43, 327-32.

Breeze, A. (2007) ‘Brittonic Place-Names from South-West Scotland, Part 7: Pennygant’, Transactions of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society, Vol. 81, 61-2.

Breeze, A. (2008b) ‘Brittonic Place-Names from South-West Scotland, Part 8: Sark’, Transactions of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society, Vol. 82, 49-50.

Breeze, A. (2012) ‘Pen Ren Wleth (BT 34.1) and Gourock, Scotland’, Studia Celtica, Vol. 46, 191-4.

Breeze, A. (2012) ‘The Names of Rheged’, Transactions of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society, Vol. 86, 51-62.

Breeze, A. (2018) ‘Two Celtic Names: Catlowdy and Wampool’, Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society, 3rd series, Vol. 18, 288 – 90.

Cameron, K. (1968) ‘Eccles in English Place-Names’ in M W Barley and R P C Hanson (eds) Christianity in Britain 300-700, Leicester, 87-92.

Clancy, T.O. (1996) ‘Govan: the name’, The Society of Friends of Govan Old, Sixth Annual Report, Govan, 1-3.

Clancy, T.O. (1998) ‘Govan: the name again’, The Society of Friends of Govan Old, Eighth Annual Report, Govan, 8-13.

Coates, R. and A. Breeze (2000) Celtic Voices English Places, Shaun Tyas, Stamford.

Cubbin, G.P. (1981–2) ‘A Celtic dialect line in north-west England’, Studia Celtica, Vols. 16–17, 175–82.

Drummond, P.J. (2005) ‘Pentlands and other Borders hill-names’, Scottish Place-Name News, Vol. 19, 4.

Faull, M.L. (1980) ‘Place-Names and the Kingdom of Elmet’, Nomina, Vol. 4, 21-3.

Godwin, J., 2018, ‘The Derivation of ‘Penrith’’, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, 3rd series, Vol. 18, 291–3. [NB: see Whalley (2022) below for a response to the claims made in this article].

Jackson, K. (1953) Language and History in Early Britain, Edinburgh University Press.

Jackson, K. (1963) ‘Angles and Britons in Northumbria and Cumbria in K. Jackson, Angles and Britons, University of Wales Press, 59–84.

James, A.G. (2008) ‘A Cumbric diaspora?’ in O.J. Padel and D.N. Parsons (eds), A Commodity of Good Names: Essays in Honour of Margaret Gelling, Shaun Tyas, Donnington, 187–203.

James, A.G. (2011) ‘Dating Brittonic Place-Names in Southern Scotland and Cumbria’ in The Journal of Scottish Name Studies, Vol. 5, 57–114.

James, A.G. (2011) ‘A Note on the Two Barloccos KCB with Arlecdon CMB’ in The Journal of Scottish Name Studies, Vol 5, 169–174.

James, A.G. (2013) ‘P-Celtic in Southern Scotland and Cumbria: a review of the place-name evidence for possible Pictish phonology’ in The Journal of Scottish Name Studies, Vol. 7, 29–78.

James, A.G. (2017) ‘Angles and Britons around Trusty’s Hill: Some Onomastic Considerations’, Transactions of the Dumfries and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society, Vol. 91, 21-48.

Laker, S. (2010) ‘British Celtic Influence on English Phonology’, PhD thesis, University of Leiden.

Oudesluijs, T. (2020) ‘Revisiting some problematic British-Celtic place names in Northwest England’, Kelten 85, on-line at https://kelten.vanhamel.nl/k85-2020-oudesluijs-place-names-british-celtic-old-englishlenition. [NB: see Whalley (2022) below for a response to the claims made in this article].

Todd, J.M. (2005) ‘British (Cumbric) Place-Names in the Barony of Gilsland, Cumbria’ in Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeologcial Society, 3rd Series, Vol. 5, 89–102.

Whalley, N. (upcoming) ‘The Problem of th in Northern Brittonic Place-Names’.

Place-Name Volumes

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.

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.

Macdonald, A., 1937, ‘The Place Names of the County of West Lothian’, PhD thesis, University of Edinburgh.

Mills, D. (1976) The Place Names of Lancashire, Batsford, London.

Nicolaisen, W.F.H. (1976) Scottish Place-Names, Batsford, London.

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).

Whaley, D. (2006), A Dictionary of Lake District Place-Names, EPNS, Nottingham.