Website under construction, many entries missing, no photos with the streets, layout not finalized...
This started with a book (last few pages under review) and only 926 of the 1882 articles (A to L included) entered so far, so many links going nowhere.
Apparently, a company that uses its owner's name is considered more trustworthy because they put themselves on the line.
This is me, in Tallinn this spring (2025), on a 3-month spree to check details, take photos (about 12K), explore (ave. 15K/day), and so on. I think I covered every street in Kesklinn (apart from Mõigu), most of Põhja-Tallinn and some Kristiine.
For information, please contact Simon at this address dot com, thanks!
All author earnings of A Rambling Dictionary of Tallinn Street Names to be donated to the foundation or donate here.
If anyone could help or advise as to the legal mechanism, it would be appreciated, thanks!
Not intended at the beginning, the present website is taking on a life of its own, with plans for relevant discussion forums, picture galleries and, over time, more non-streetname entries.
In theory, it will be funded by advertising relevant to people in Tallinn, to be determined.
A percentage of profits (also to be determined) to be donated to the foundation.
Tailor, from rätt (and Sepa), today used more in the sense of kerchief (cloth being riie [giving riided, clothes], lapp [used more in cleaning contexts], or kangas [fabrics, material]), but might have had a broader meaning in the past. Earliest street-name records give Johann Retsepp (1725) but, given the variability in 18th-C name spelling and change (e.g. Johannes or Jaan and Rätsep(p) or Schneider), he remains untraced. One of an occupational street-name group. See Jahimehe.
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