User talk:Johannes.Richter
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[edit] Amber
I have moved Burnham Market more or less unchanged.
- I have no strong feelings about the new title Amber in British place names - feel free to move it.
- I do have a feeling the article verges into the area of original research. A few references and external links (other than to your own PDF) would reduce the risk of it being denounced as original research.
- You need to add category/ies to the article and create links to it from other articles such as Cromer and Humber.
Also:
- I do not believe any Burnhams have disappeared under the waves - have you any evidence?
- Do you think that Burnham in a place name always indicates amber?
-- RHaworth 11:13, 2005 Jun 2 (UTC)
Have a look at this page by David Fincham and search for Brancaster. -- RHaworth 17:47, 2005 Jun 2 (UTC)
Thank you for the comments.
I have placed answers in the relevant discussion pages. I do not think the name Burnham itself justifies the amber trading thesis.
The Burnhams seem to be amber trading towns for the follwoing reasons:
- the location of the Burnhams at Brancaster Bay between Cromer and the Humber mouth
- the early density of at least five villages with an attribute "burn" in their names, indicating a wealthy area with richess by an unknown source.
- the precise four locations of amber trading in Britain in the article: "Das Gold des Nordens", by Karl Jülicher, Periodical Pan, April 1982)
- equivalent namegiving systems elsewhere, eg. in Germany (near Hamburg and at the Brennerpass)
Johannes.Richter 12:55, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
