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Pork Pie Way

on May 14, 2026

Melton Mowbray Place Names Pork Pies Sense of Place

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Place names matter

on March 27, 2025

Denali Greenland Gulf of Mexico Identity Indigenous Peoples Place Place Names Politics Power USA

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Sheffield Streets

on November 30, 2024

Geographical Association Place Names Sheffield Steve Brace Street Names

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Vernacular Place Names

on May 13, 2024

Local Mapping Ordnance Survey OS Place Names Places Vernacular Vernacular Place Names

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Placename Mapper

on April 02, 2024

Alasdair Rae Mapping Maps Place Place Names R T Wilson UK

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Naming of places

on January 10, 2024

Colonialism Conflict Empire Gaelic Identity Ordnance Survey Place Names

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Placename Heatmap

on March 09, 2023

Alasdair Rae Data Visualisation Heatmaps Mapping Ordnance Survey Place Names

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Where the streets have your name...

on June 08, 2022

Challenge Identity Names Place Place Names

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Spoken World Map

on August 19, 2019

Github Location Mapping Maps Place Place Names

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Planet Dirt

on July 30, 2019

Mapbox Mapping Maps Place Names World

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What's in a name...

on July 13, 2018

Place Place Names Topophilia What's in a name

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Place Names Map

on July 21, 2017

Place Place attachment Place Names

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The End(onym) of the year...

on December 20, 2016

Endonym Place Names

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Rude place names...

on November 22, 2014

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Places Names mapped...

on December 10, 2013

Cities Place Names Settlement

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