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PLACE-NAMES

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The spelling of place-names in Anglo-Saxon England was an uncertain business, with no consistency and no agreement even about the name itself. Thus London was variously rendered as Lundonia, Lundenberg, Lundenne, Lundene, Lundenwic, Lundenceaster and Lundres. Doubtless some readers will prefer other versions of the names listed below, but I have usually employed whichever spelling is cited in the Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names for the years nearest or contained within Alfred’s reign, 871–899 AD, but even that solution is not foolproof. Hayling Island, in 956, was written as both Heilincigae and Hæglingaiggæ. Nor have I been consistent myself; I use England instead of Englaland, and have preferred the modern form Northumbria to Norðhymbralond to avoid the suggestion that the boundaries of the ancient kingdom coincide with those of the modern county. So this list, like the spellings themselves, is capricious.

Æsc’s Hill Ashdown, Berkshire
Æthelingæg Athelney, Somerset
Afen River Avon, Wiltshire
Andefera Andover, Wiltshire
Baðum (pronounced Bathum) Bath, Avon
Bebbanburg Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland
Brant Brent Knoll, Somerset
Bru River Brue, Somerset
Cippanhamm Chippenham, Wiltshire
Contwaraburg Canterbury, Kent
Cornwalum Cornwall
Cracgelad Cricklade, Wiltshire
Cridianton Crediton, Devon
Cynuit Cynuit Hillfort, nr. Cannington, Somerset
Dærentmora Dartmoor, Devon
Defereal Kingston Deverill, Wiltshire
Defnascir Devonshire
Dornwaraceaster Dorchester, Dorset
Dreyndynas ‘Fort of thorns’, fictional, set in Cornwall
Dunholm Durham, County Durham
Dyfed South-west Wales, mostly now Pembrokeshire
Dyflin Dublin, Eire
Eoferwic York (also the Danish Jorvic, pronounced Yorvik)
Ethandun Edington, Wiltshire
Exanceaster Exeter, Devon
Exanmynster Exminster, Devon
Gewæsc The Wash
Gifle Yeovil, Somerset
Gleawecestre Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Glwysing Welsh kingdom, approximately Glamorgan and Gwent
Hamptonscir Hampshire
Hamtun Southampton, Hampshire
Lindisfarena Lindisfarne (Holy Island), Northumberland
Lundene London
Lundi Lundy Island, Devon
Mærlebeorg Marlborough, Wiltshire
Ocmundtun Okehampton, Devon
Palfleot Pawlett, Somerset
Pedredan River Parrett
Penwith Land’s End, Cornwall
Readingum Reading, Berkshire
Sæfern River Severn
Sceapig Isle of Sheppey, Kent
Scireburnan Sherborne, Dorset
Sillans The Scilly Isles
Soppan Byrg Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire
Sumorsæte Somerset
Suth Seaxa Sussex (South Saxons)
Tamur River Tamar
Temes River Thames
Thon River Tone, Somerset
Thornsæta Dorset
Uisc River Exe
Werham Wareham, Dorset
Wilig River Wylye
Wiltunscir Wiltshire
Winburnan Wimborne Minster, Dorset
Wintanceaster Winchester, Hampshire
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