anyone going to the Leeds Medieval Congress?

International Medieval Congress 2008, Leeds, England, 07 July -- 10 July.

I'll be giving a talk in the session "Medieval Disputation, II: University Perspectives" on 09 July.

today's onomastic treat

According to Watts s.n. Bournville, this town name is "a modern invention for George Cadbury's chocolate factory developed here in the 1870s. The original name was to have been Bournbrook...It was changed to Bournville 'because it had a French sound, and French chocolate was looked upon as the best'."