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Your City's Place-Names: Cambridge (2019)
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Coates, R. (2019). Your City's Place-Names: Cambridge. Nottingham: English Place-Name Society

The fourth in a new series of books from the English Place-Name Society focusing on English cities rather than counties. Interpretations published earlier (1943) by P. H. Reaney have been extensively reassessed and critiqued, and new material added.

Your City’s Place-Names: Bristol (2017)
Book
Coates, R. (2017). Your City’s Place-Names: Bristol. English Place-Name Society

The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland (2016)
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Hanks, P., Coates, R., & McClure, P. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acref/9780199677764.001.0001

The traditional dialect of Sussex (2010)
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Coates, R. (2010). The traditional dialect of Sussex. Lewes: Pomegranate Press

Part One consists of five chapters. Chapter 1 situates dialect, and dialect writing in particular, in relation to the history of the emergence of standard written English. Chapter 2 presents the contribution of academic linguists and philologists to... Read More about The traditional dialect of Sussex.

A place-name history of the parishes of Rottingdean and Ovingdean in Sussex (2010)
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Coates, R. (2010). A place-name history of the parishes of Rottingdean and Ovingdean in Sussex. Nottingham: English Place-Name Society

The title is self-explanatory. Approximately 800 local names in the two parishes are discussed and explained.