Scottish Place-Name Society Comann Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba Joint Conference with Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland November 4th 2017 Mitchell Library, Glasgow 1030 Registration * Session 1: 1100 Irene O’Brien: Glasgow City Archives – sources for people and places 1140 Peter Drummond: Some interesting and local Scots place-names 1220 Alasdair Whyte: Gaelic place-names in Glasgow 1300-1400 Lunch Session 2: 1400 Alice Crook: Scottish naming in the early modern period: the Old Parish Registers as an onomastic resource 1430 Katie Cuthbertson: Denotative naming in Scotland 1264 to 1600 1500 Sue Laflin: The surname Laflin 1530 Thomas Clancy: The Survey of Scottish Place-Names 1600 Close *Morning coffee is not available at meeting room. There is a cafe in Library foyer, and next to Charing Cross station. Please book well in advance so we can finalise numbers for lunch. Preferably return the tear- off slip by October 30th. Note that acknowledgements will not be sent. Travel directions: the Mitchell Library is only a short distance from Charing Cross station, first station westbound from Queen Street low level. On emerging from the station, bear ahead right past The Baby Grand and coffee outlets to reach Bath Street, turn left and follow Bath St over the M8 on the road bridge. The Library’s eastern entrance is on the side facing the motorway. ____________________________________________________________________ Please reserve me ___ places with lunch at the November 4th SPNS/SNSBI conference in Glasgow. Name (please print) _______________________________________________________ Address _______________________________________________________________ Email OR phone no. _______________________________________________________ Please send this tear-off slip with cheque payable to SPNS (£20 per person, or £10 if full- time student), to: Carole Hough, English Language & Linguistics, University of Glasgow G12 8QQ .