This section provides a general outline of some of the aspects of place-name. For ease of reference it has been divided into four parts. The first provides a brief overview of the subject. Parts two and three focus specifically on the place-names of differing cultural origins. The final section examines problems encountered in place-name research and the methods of resolving them

• General overview

• Celtic place-names

• English place-names

• Scandinavian place-names

• The problem of ambiguity