Understanding Place: place names and why they matter

12/06/2025 28 min
Understanding Place: place names and why they matter

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FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY - PLEASE DO NOT SHARE EXTERNALLYWe hope that with a better understanding of place names we can reveal the past and support the decision making that we make around landscape recovery projects.In this episode - hosted by Susan Fryer, Senior Landscapes Officer in the Cumbria Area Team - we chat with:Professor Jayne Carroll - Professor of Early English and Name Studies at the University of NottinghamDr Richard Jones - Associate Professor of Landscape History from the University of LeicesterWe are also joined by two colleagues from Natural England’s Historic Environmental Operations, Farm and Conservation Service – Ian Marshman and Sarah Cattell.Supplementary informationClick on the 'transcript' tab above to access the supplementary information for this podcast. NOTES: This does not include an actual transcript.Text in italics are clickable links