BRUINSWOOD@aol.com wrote: >I found a book called "Scottish land-names; their origin and meaning "by >Sir Herbert Maxwell Bart, 1874. > >Does anyone have the book? Curious if it's really helpful. I found one for >$10...so am going to find out, but I'd cancel the order, if anyone knows >it's not helpful. > For $10 I would buy it. I have a copy, which I have yet to study in detail, but as ever, with a book of that age (although my copy bears the publication date "MDCCCXCIV" which translates to 1894, rather than 1874, a date which is confirmed by the Author's Introduction) I would read it with interest, but also with caution. No single source is ever likely to be the sole repository of wisdom - but may have something useful to contribute. Gavin Bell