Lunchtime Talk - The Names in the Landscape

Speaker: Angus J L Winchester

This talk will explore the history of place-names in the Lake District. Names give places a cultural meaning: once coined, they pass down the generations, acting as a bridge linking us with past generations who experienced those same places many centuries ago. They are part of the communal memory. The talk will look at the names of villages, farms, fields and becks, of fellsides, crags and tarns, asking when they were named, by whom and what the names signify.

1pm in the museum's Crosthwaite Room.