An excellent book which describes the meaning and origins of English words, dialects and proverbs, including place names and surnames.    

Price:  £12.13

This book contains essays on historical origins and meanings of English surnames. Absolutely fascinating!    

Price:  £9.79

An excellent book for family historians researching the meaning and origin of the very names that they are researching.    

Price:  £15.11

An excellent text book which is a useful study in the use and origins of surnames. Essential reading for any serious genealogist.    

Price:  £12.13

This CD-ROM provides an unparalleled resource for anyone interested in his or her Irish surname. It will satisfy a casual curiosity in coats of arms and surname origins, as well as providing a serious research resource for those with a deeper interest in family and surname origins ...     ISBN 0-9537557-5-4

Price:  £20.95

Published by the General Register Office, this study is the first detailed official work on surnames in Ireland and deals with over 2,600 surnames in Ireland. Sir Robert E. Matheson used the 1890 birth registers to compile an authoritative list of surnames ...     ISBN 1-84630-052-5

Price:  £6.70

This important book was the result of 25 years of tireless research by Rev. Woulfe throughout Ireland and in England and Scotland. In it he gathers together the overwhelming majority of Irish forenames and surnames ...     ISBN 1-84630-018-5

Price:  £11.50

A concise A-Z of Surnames in the United Kingdom. The book includes an essay on the origins of our surnames, which discusses such topics as the necessity for distinctive nicknames in Scotland, French surnames, Anglo Saxon and Scandinavian names, Flemish names in S. Wales and more. There is also an appendix of principal foreign names found in British directories.    

Price:  £9.79

This wonderful little book is full of information about the Clans and their tartans. But it goes further than this with short explanations about the Gaelic language, Highland dress and how to wear it, Highland personal names and surnames and a separate section about female names plus a list of Clan septs and dependents (i.e. the clans with which they are connected) and designations of Highland Chiefs and families. Each Clan's history is briefly described with colour illustrations of their tartans and notes about their badge and war cry!    

Price:  £9.79

This is one of an on-going series of publications from the Borthwick Insitute for Archives, intended to provide insights into new research concerning the history of Yorkshire and the North of England.   pp 34   ISBN 1-904497-01-2

Price:  £4.00