The 2025 Cameron Lecture: Lost Villages, Lost Names?
Friday 19th September, 2025.
7:00pm.
A48 Sir Clive Granger Building, University of Nottingham.
FREE.
The Cameron lecture 2025 will be given by Dr Richard Jones (Leicester), Richard’s title is ‘Lost villages, lost names?’
Members of the INS, the English Place-Name Society (EPNS) and the general public are all warmly invited to register here for this free event.
Professor Cameron was a scholar of English place-names, specialising in names of Danish origin. He was a key figure in the history of the EPNS.
Professor Cameron taught at the University of Nottingham from 1963 to 1987, serving as Honorary Director of the English Place-Name Society and General Editor of the English Place-Name Survey from 1966 to 1993. He was also editor of the Society’s Journal from 1972 to 1990.
These biennial lectures honour his many impressive contributions while providing a platform to explore more recent developments within the field.
