Dr Kathryn Bullen
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Dr Kathryn Bullen
@kfbullen.bsky.social
Researcher/Project Manager focusing on place-names, heritage, and community engagement. PhD July 2024 @UoNEnglish explored place-names on the Isle of Axholme. https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/77421/
All set up and ready to go 👌
November 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Some exciting imaginative creative writing/Viking stories were shared at the end of the session!
@snsbi.bsky.social @englishplacenames.bsky.social @namestudies.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Lovely to share with a very receptive and engaged group of Museum Makers! We looked at the names of places where we were born, migration through time/languages we might find in English place-names, and animals in field-names in North Lincolnshire.
November 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Reposted by Dr Kathryn Bullen
@kfbullen.bsky.social has developed a useful and interesting site based on her research into Axholme place-names:
axholmeplacenames.wordpress.com
Isle of Axholme place-names
Discovering the landscape through the language of place-names
axholmeplacenames.wordpress.com
August 20, 2025 at 6:48 AM
An excellent read👌
June 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
You're welcome! And if you're interested in another fenland area, have a look at axholmeplacenames.wordpress.com
Isle of Axholme place-names
Discovering the landscape through the language of place-names
axholmeplacenames.wordpress.com
June 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Fascinating talk tonight, thanks! For anyone looking for more detail on place-names, see www.snsbi.org.uk/exploring-na..., and kepn.nottingham.ac.uk for an up-to-date guide to the interpretation of the names of England's cities, towns and villages.
Place-names of Britain and Ireland - SNSBI
The place-names of Britain and Ireland, from Aberdeen to Zone Point (Cornwall), and Galway to Norwich, are exceptionally diverse and full of interest, reflecting the remarkably variegated geology, geo...
www.snsbi.org.uk
June 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM