Name: Digging for Lincolnshire: Axholme’s place-names, a journey of interpretation
Start: 2026-03-23T19:15:00+00:00
Location: Indoor meetings take place in: St Bernadette's Church Hall, Ashby Road, Scunthorpe, DN16 2RS., DN16 2RS Scunthorpe, United Kingdom

$Digging for Lincolnshire: Axholme\u2019s place-names, a journey of interpretation$

In this talk Society member Dr Kathryn Bullen will share some of her recently completed PhD research into place-names of the Isle of Axholme.
Place-names are presented as dynamic linguistic artefacts, set against a background of historical, archaeological and topographical evidence.
Find out about the importance of collecting early spellings,place-names as 'linguistic fossils' and journey of scholarly interpretation!.