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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 either the Oxford or the Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names for the years nearest to AD 900, 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 should spell England as 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.

Baddan Byrig Badbury Rings, Dorset
Beamfleot Benfleet, Essex
Bebbanburg Bamburgh, Northumberland
Bedanford Bedford, Bedfordshire
Blaneford Blandford Forum, Dorset
Buccingahamm Buckingham, Bucks
Buchestanes Buxton, Derbyshire
Ceaster Chester, Cheshire
Cent County of Kent
Cippanhamm Chippenham, Wiltshire
Cirrenceastre Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Contwaraburg Canterbury, Kent
Cyninges Tun Kingston upon Thames, Greater London
Cracgelad Cricklade, Wiltshire
Cumbraland Cumberland
Cytringan Kettering, Northants
Dumnoc Dunwich, Suffolk
Dunholm Durham, County Durham
Eanulfsbirig St Neot, Cambridgeshire
Eleg Ely, Cambridgeshire
Eoferwic York, Yorkshire (called Jorvik by the Danes)
Exanceaster Exeter, Devon
Fagranforda Fairford, Gloucestershire
Fearnhamme Farnham, Surrey
Fifhidan Fyfield, Wiltshire
Fughelness Foulness Island, Essex
Gegnesburh Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Gleawecestre Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Grantaceaster Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Hothlege, River Hadleigh Ray, Essex
Hrofeceastre Rochester, Kent
Humbre, River River Humber
Huntandon Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
Liccelfeld Lichfield, Staffordshire
Lindisfarena Lindisfarne (Holy Island), Northumberland
Lundene London
Medwæg, River River Medway, Kent
Natangrafum Notgrove, Gloucestershire
Oxnaforda Oxford, Oxfordshire
Ratumacos Rouen, Normandy, France
Rochecestre Wroxeter, Shropshire
Sarisberie Salisbury, Wiltshire
Sæfern River Severn
Sceaftesburi Shaftesbury, Dorset
Sceobyrig Shoebury, Essex
Scrobbesburh Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Snotengaham Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Sumorsæte Somerset
Temes, River River Thames
Thornsæta Dorset
Tofeceaster Towcester, Northamptonshire
Trente, River River Trent
Turcandene Turkdean, Gloucestershire
Tweoxnam Christchurch, Dorset
Westune Whitchurch, Shropshire
Wiltunscir Wiltshire
Wimburnan Wimborne, Dorset
Wintanceaster Winchester, Hampshire
Wygraceaster Worcester, Worcestershire
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