Publisher's Synopsis
Volume 4 comprises the three north-eastern parishes of Kirk Maughold (including the town of Ramsey), Kirk Lonan and Kirk Conchan (but excluding the town of Douglas, which will be dealt with later). The material appears in alphabetical form with discussion of any problems of interpretation, and a listing of the elements making up the names. This volume yields name-forms and elements not found in Manx literature or dictionaries. As all but a handful of names predate the Scandinavian period (9th-13th centuries) and as documetary material from that time till the 16th century is largely absent, the testimony of place-names is important for the distribution of name elements reflecting the geography and showing patterns of settlement, whether Celtic, Scandinavian, etc. and for comparative place-name research in adjacent areas, particularly Ireland, south-western Scotland, and northern England.
