Place-Names Language and the Anglo-Saxon Landscape

The landscape of modern England still bears the imprint of its Anglo-Saxon past. Villages and towns fields woods and forests parishes and shires all shed light on the enduring impact of the Anglo-Saxons. The essays in this volume explore the richness of the interactions between the Anglo-Saxons and their landscape: how they understood described and exploited the environments of which they were a part. Ranging from the earliest settlement period through to the urban expansion of late Anglo-Saxon England this book draws on evidence from place-names written sources and the landscape itself to provide fresh insights into the topic. Subjects explored include the history of the study of place-names and the Anglo-Saxon landscape; landscapes of particular regions and the exploitation of particular landscape types; the mechanisms of the transmission and survival of written sources; and the problems and potentials of interdisciplinary research into the Anglo-Saxon landscape. Nicholas J. Higham is Professor of Early Medieval and Landscape History at the University of Manchester; Martin Ryan lectures in Medieval History at the University of Manchester. Contributors: Ann Cole Linda M. Corrigan Dorn Van Dommelen Simon Draper Gillian Fellows-Jensen Della Hooke Duncan Probert Alexander R. Rumble Martin J. Ryan Peter A. Stokes Richard Watson.