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The name of the Hwicce: A discussion (2013)
Journal Article
Coates, R. (2013). The name of the Hwicce: A discussion. Anglo-Saxon England, 42, 51-61. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0263675113000070

This article presents the evidence for the Anglo-Saxon ethnic name Hwicce borne by a people of the south-west Midlands, and reviews previous unsatisfactory attempts to explain it. It appears to be probably of British Celtic origin, and an etymology i... Read More about The name of the Hwicce: A discussion.

The name of the state of Maine: An Irish perspective (2013)
Journal Article
Coates, R. (2013). The name of the state of Maine: An Irish perspective. Names: A Journal of Onomastics, 61(3), 150-158. https://doi.org/10.1179/0027773813Z.00000000052

The three current theories of the origin of the name of the American state of Maine are reviewed and rejected. The connection of the colonist Sir Ferdinando Gorges with Ireland is explored, and a possible origin is proposed in the circumstances of th... Read More about The name of the state of Maine: An Irish perspective.

Rethinking Romano-British corinium (2013)
Journal Article
Coates, R. (2013). Rethinking Romano-British corinium. Antiquaries Journal, 93, 81-91. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003581513000243

It is suggested that the name generally accepted as the Romano-British name of Cirencester, Corinium, the traditional spelling deriving from a Latin rendering of that in Ptolemy's Geography, is mistaken, and that for philologically sound reasons the... Read More about Rethinking Romano-British corinium.

Wirral revisited (2013)
Journal Article
Coates, R. (2013). Wirral revisited. Nomina, 36, 75-105

This article has two goals. The first is to document fully the recurrent English place-name Wirral and a number of similar ones which can be shown, in some cases definitely, in others probably or possibly, to have the same origin, as well as others w... Read More about Wirral revisited.