In the 1960s Geoffrey Grigson travelled around England writing the story of the secret landscape that is all around us, if only we take the time to look and see. The result is a book that will take you on an imaginative journey, revealing hidden stories, unexpected places and strange phenomena.

Britain's place-names are intimately linked with its history, with Celts, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and Normans all leaving their mark on our maps. This dictionary explores the origins of over 10,000 names of not just towns, cities and villages, but rivers, lakes, mountains and islands.

Drawing extensively on literary sources from medieval times to the present, this survey not only explains what people have believed and why, but when superstitions arose, which parts of the country adopted them, how they evolved and what people today believe.

This volume is a guide to all aspects of British and American culture, for learners of English, in language that's easy to understand.