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The role and origins of Mercian settlements with the place-name Worth
- Title
- The role and origins of Mercian settlements with the place-name Worth / Graham Aldred.
- Author
- Aldred, Graham
- Publication
- Oxford : BAR Publishing, 2023.
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- Description
- xvi, 170 pages : illustrations (color), maps (some color); 30 cm.
- Summary
- In the Anglo-Saxon world, the naming of geographical features and settlement names was far from arbitrary. Settlement names were specifically descriptive, communicating more than simply the name of a landscape aspect. Previous examinations of settlements containing the Old English term "worth", along with its cognates "worthy" and "wardine", have been limited to small regions or county-level analyses. This monograph examines the characteristics of these places in the wider context of the kingdom of Mercia (6th century AD-9th century AD). Worths are found clustered near boundaries and at the junctions of major lines of communication, as well as shared by similar topographic features. Mercia controlled territory spanning from Offa's Dyke in the west to the North Sea, and the Thames Valley in the south to the rivers Humber and Dee in the north.
- Series Statement
- BAR British Series ; 679
- Uniform Title
- BAR British series ; 679.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Sources.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-133).
- Call Number
- JFG 24-173
- ISBN
- 9781407315553
- 1407315552
- 9781407315775 (canceled/invalid)
- OCLC
- 1410027500
- Author
- Aldred, Graham, author.
- Title
- The role and origins of Mercian settlements with the place-name Worth / Graham Aldred.
- Publisher
- Oxford : BAR Publishing, 2023.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- BAR British Series ; 679BAR British series ; 679.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-133).
- Research Call Number
- JFG 24-173