It was a pity that Robert MacFarlane only put 2000 of the 3500 words he had in the glossaries of landscape words in his book "Landscape". If he had maybe there would have been more than 20 from Essex.
I was surprised also how few there were from Cornwall (where I was brought up) - I would have expected numerous people to have collected words from Cornwall, though there were many more than from Essex. There were many more from Northamptonshire (where my father came from) than from Cornwall even if you counted those from the South West in the latter's total.
I would have traded the essays for more words.
The glossaries were by type of landscape: flatlands, uplands, waterlands, coastlands, underlands, northlands, edgelands, earthlands and woodlands.
As well as words making connection to a landscape, I like the idea of words making a connection to an area. This is why I've lifted all the Essex words (as I now live in what, at the time of my birth was still Essex, and plan to try and find examples of them (not necessarily in Essex, that would limit me too much) and record those I do.
I would also like to find more Essex words - presumably there are Essex words for icicle and scarecrow. Problem is living in London rather than out in the Essex towns I don't have people to ask.
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