secondary sources.

introduction.

Secondary sources are reputable publications. They mostly cite one or more primary sources. I make general use of these throughout this site, and keep a list of these sources. I keep this list restrictive. But many catalogue entries may be based on tertiary sources whose accuracy will vary. I do this to make sure that entries with higher confidence ratings may be considered more reliable. I err on the side of caution.

list of secondary sources.

offline sources.

• Ordnance Survey® Ancient Britain map.
• Ordnance Survey® Explorer™ series of maps.
• Ordnance Survey® Roman Britain map.

• Allen, R.E. (ed.) (1990). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English, 8th Edition. OUP.
• Darvill, Timothy (ed.) (2002). Oxford Concise Dictionary of Archaeology. OUP.
• Mills, A.D. (ed.) (1991). Oxford Dictionary of British Place Names. OUP.
• Parker, Geoffrey (ed.) (1993). The Times Atlas of World History, 4th Edition. Times Books.
• Wade-Martins, Peter (ed.) (1993). An Historical Atlas of Norfolk. Norfolk Museums Service.
• Williams, Ann & Martin, G.H. (eds.) (2002). Domesday Book, A Complete Translation. Penguin Classics.

online sources.

• Domesday Online. This has a general list of the origins of British place names. Web: http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/places.html
• Google Earth. This has high quality recent aerial photographs and maps. Web: http://earth.google.com/
• Multimap. This has lower quality aerial photographs and maps. Web: http://www.multimap.com/index.htm
• Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service. This has a list of finds by parish. Web: http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/default.asp?Document=300.10.070
• Norfolk County Council's "E-Map Explorer". This has several maps and aerial surveys. Web: http://www.historic-maps.norfolk.gov.uk/Emap/EmapExplorer.asp
• Norfolk Heritage Explorer. This has a huge online county catalogue of archaeology. Web: http://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/advancedsearch.aspx
• Nottingham University. This has a catalogue of the origins of place names in England, with references cited. Web: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/ins/epncurrent/php/results_county.php?searcht=Norfolk,NFK
• The Wikipedia. This is an open-source online encyclopaedia of knowledge. Where this fails to cite sources is clearly marked in entries, and there is a discussion forum for verifying entries. Web: http://www.wikipedia.org/

extra tertiary sources.

I have also used these sources on this site. They fall short of the strict definition of secondary sources. But they are written by experts or published by reputable organisations.

offline sources.

• Anonymous (1988). Collins: First Names, A to Z Guide to Over 2000 Names. Parragon.
• Anonymous (2003). Philip's Street Atlas: Norfolk. Philip's.
• Barringer, J.C. (1998). Bryant's Map of Norfolk in 1826. The Larks Press.
• Bond, Richard; Penn, Kenneth & Rogerson, Andrew (1990). Norfolk Origins 4: The North Folk; Angles, Saxons & Danes. Poppyland Publishing.
• Robinson, Bruce & Rose, Edwin J. (1983). Norfolk Origins 2: Roads & Tracks. Poppyland Publishing.
• Robinson, Bruce & Gregory, Tony (1987). Norfolk Origins 3: Celtic Fire & Roman Rule. Poppyland Publishing.

I also use a more detailed source of local names. This should be considered strictly as a tertiary source:-

• Rye, James (1991). A Popular Guide to Norfolk Place-Names. Larks Press.