Sunnyside A History of British House Names

by Wright, Laura

• ISBN13: 9780197267158
• ISBN10: 0197267157
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2021-02-01
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Laura Wright, Reader in English Language, University of Cambridge

Dr Laura Wright is a historical sociolinguist. As an undergraduate she studied English Language at the University of Edinburgh, and completed her doctorate at the University of Oxford, where she analysed the grammatical and lexical make-up of the Medieval Latin/Anglo-Norman French/Middle English mixed-language documents of London Bridge. She is currently a Reader in English Language at the University of Cambridge, where she has worked since 1996. She publishes on medieval mixed-language business writing, on the development of extraterritorial Englishes, on the language of London and trading, and the development of place-names.

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
List of illustrations
Introduction
1. The Earliest London House Names
2. Victorian Villas
3. London's First Sunnysiders
4. Religion, Fame, and Sunnyside
5. Sunnyside and the North
Appendix 1 Pre-1400 London House Names
Appendix 2 House Names from William Porlond's Book
Appendix 3 Stagecoach Names
Sunnyside Gazetteer
References
Index