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Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 14:32:03 -0400 (AST)
From: James Boxall <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: RE: [MapHist] Stockholm and Mulwat placename origin
Sender: James Boxall <[log in to unmask]>
Apologies to Francis and the lists....
and yes, go home and have a nice weekend :-)
we are looking for etymological origin of Stockholm...we (incl. another
ref. dept. here.....checked every source in print and online that we have
access to (and the faculty member has searched his sources)...but i just
saw the note from the National Library of Sweden....and that may be just
what we need.
Mulwat (again, egg on face for not being more detailed...)....
Middle ages....was, according to the requestor, a meeting place of some
sort used for negotiations after battles....it could be an old village or
encampment name...or even a hill, valley, or brook.....but it is supposed
to be situated along the border in said region......
also...the person in need of Mulwat will be in the UK in a week or
so...and would be willing to go anywhere to view anything about it ...
cheers, and again, sorry....(hey, its a bad day here, and people are about
to hit the picket lines :-(...what can i say?
j
James Boxall
Curator/Head
Map and Geospatial Information Collection
Killam Library
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada B3H 4H8
902-494-3757 (tel)
902-494-2062 (fax)
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magic.library.dal.ca
Immediate Past-President, Association of Canadian
Map Libraries and Archives (ACMLA) www.acmla.org
On Fri, 1 Mar 2002 [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Sorry we cannot help, we here are going home! And do you mean
> historical/archaeological or etymological origin of Stockholm? Either or
> both could be obtained from one of those funny old things called a book
> (e.g. paper copy of 'Encyclopedia Britannica' or 'Americana' or
> 'Canadiana'). My colleague David McNeill and I have both searched for
> "Mulwat" (online and on paper); it doesn't overmuch help would-be
> librarians/curators if the context to the question isn't given - is it
> Middle Ages, manuscript, etc.? Has anyone enquired of Cumbria County
> Archives? There is an English Placenames Society, co Dept of English
> Studies (or similar), Univ. of Nottingham (see annual paper 'World of
> Learning' for fax etc. if not on internet).
>
> Francis Herbert (Curator of Maps, RGS-IBG)
> [log in to unmask]
> http://www.rgs.org [see 'Collections']
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: James Boxall [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: 01 March 2002 16:52
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Cc: maps-l
> > Subject: [MapHist] Stockholm and Mulwat placename origin
> >
> > Help! We are about to have a faculty strike action and a couple of
> > researchers have asked to find some info before their offices are closed
> > (and before they miss deadlines for journals)....
> >
> > Anyone know the origin of STOCKHOLM ?
> >
> > and
> >
> > Anyone know anything about MULWAT? A small place? near the
> > border of Scotland just north of Carlisle?
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > James Boxall
> > Curator/Head
> > Map and Geospatial Information Collection
> > Killam Library
> > Dalhousie University
> > Halifax, Nova Scotia
> > Canada B3H 4H8
> > 902-494-3757 (tel)
> > 902-494-2062 (fax)
> > [log in to unmask]
> > magic.library.dal.ca
> >
> > Immediate Past-President, Association of Canadian
> > Map Libraries and Archives (ACMLA) www.acmla.org
> >
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