• Maps and politics / Peter Barber
• London actually survey'd by William Morgan, 1682 / Ralph Hyde
• The plans, The A to Z of Charles II's London
• List of decorations and lists
• The prospect or panorama - introduction
• The index to the plans / Robert Thompson
• The index to supporters (Encouragers) / Robert Thompson

At first sight, it seems scarcely possible that London &.c Actually Survey'd, and A large and Accurate Map of the City of London that preceded it by six yeas having been completed in December 1676, could have been the work of the same team of people. The map of the City seems the very model of merchant sobriety and scientific clarity, combining understated elegance with an almost total lack of decoration. Lonson &.c Actually Survey'd dazzles with its flamboyant use of text as well as image which in places threaten to overwhelm the map. The difference between the two maps can only fully be understood in the context of the very different political situations prevailing at the times of their publications--Peter Barker.

• Introduction: Later Anglo-Saxon England. DELLA HOOKE--
• 1. Pre-Conquest: Territorial and administrative organization in east Suffolk. PETER WARNER, Lecturer in History, Homerton College, Cambridge--
• 2. Minster churches in the landscape. JOHN BLAIR, Lecturer in History, The Queen's College, Oxford OXl 4QW--
• 3. Towards a chronology for English place-names. MARGARET GELLING, Lecturer, Department of Archaeology, University of Birmingham--
• 4. Towards a model of Anglo-Scandinavian rural settlement in England. TIM UNWIN, Lecturer, Department of Geography, Royal Holloway & Bedford New College--
• 5. The late Saxon countryside - villages and their fields. DAVID HALL--
• 6. Regional variation in southern and central England in the Anglo-Saxon period and its relationship to land units and settlement. DELLA HOOKE--
• 7. Settlement chronology and regional landscapes: the evidence from the claylands of East Anglia and Essex. TOM WILLIAMSON, Lecturer, Centre of East Anglian Studies, University of East Anglia--
• 8. Countryside and town: the animal resources of Saxon Southampton. JENNIFER BOURDILLON, Faunal Remains Unit, Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton--
• 9. Towns as structures and functioning communities through time: the development of central places from 600 to
• 1066. DAVID HILL, Department of Extra Mural Studies, University of Manchester--
• 10. The Anglo-Saxon towns of Kent. TIM TATTON-BROWN--
• 11. The making of Domesday York. RICHARD HALL, Lecturer, University of York--
• 12. Settlement structures and settlement systems of the Frankish central state in Carolingian and Ottonian times (8th to 10th centuries). HANS-JURGEN NITZ, Professor, Geographisches Institut, Universitat Gottingen--
• 13. Systems of agriculture in Central Europe up to the tenth and eleventh centuries. HELMUT HILDEBRANDT, Professor, Geographisches Institut, Universitat Mainz--
• 14. Anglo-Saxon England and the origins of the modern world economy. RICHARD HODGES, Lecturer, Department of Archaeology & Prehistory, University of Sheffield.
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The Anglo-Saxon period, once termed "the dark ages", can now be seen to have been one of the most formative periods in English history. During the seven centuries that elapsed after the collapse of Roman Britain, changes took place which laid the foundation of the culture and natural environment of the Middle Ages. The English landscape began to assume its medieval outline. Large areas of the chalklands of southern Britain, once heavily cultivated, became open downland. Thick woodland survived or regenerated over parts of the southern counties and midlands, and pastoral landscapes began to characterize much of the north and the west. In the most intensively cultivated regions, the typical nucleated English village began to be established and form the network of parishes and counties that remained almost unaltered for nine hundred years. With the coming of Christianity, a pattern of monasteries, abbeys and churches accelerated the development of larger settlements that frequently became the market towns of later periods. This volume of new essays by historians, archaeologists and geographers shows that a clear picture of Anglo-Saxon settlement is now emerging.
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• Acknowledgements vii List of Figures ix List of Tables x
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Forests and Woodland
• 3. Open Fields
• 4. Enclosure
• 5. Rural Settlement
• Appendix 1. Map sources for township boundaries
• Appendix 2. Map sources for GIS data Notes Abbreviations Bibliography Index Atlas Maps Key Maps Introduction to the Medieval Atlas Medieval Atlas pages 1-86m Introduction to the Early-Modern Atlas Early-Modern Atlas pages 1-86em.
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An Atlas of Northamptonshire presents an historical atlas of the greater part of Northamptonshire (the first quarter having been published as An Atlas of Rockingham Forest). It presents in map form the results of fieldwork and documentary research undertaken since the mid-1960s to map the landscape of the whole of Northamptonshire prior to enclosure by Parliamentary Act. This is the first time a whole county has been completely studied in this way, and the first time a whole county has had an accurate view of its medieval landscape with details of the medieval fields, woods, pastures and meadows which have been mapped by ground-survey of archaeological remains confirmed where possible from aerial photographs and early maps. It is also the first time a county has been mapped showing all pre-parliamentary enclosure providing comprehensive data for the difficult theme of early enclosure in a midland county. Complete relevant historic map sources are listed, many in private possession and not lodged with county record offices. Settlements are discussed based on the detailed mapping of every house depicted on historic maps as wells the extent of earthworks, which provides much new evidence relative to settlement development in the Midlands. As well as being highly relevant for anyone studying medieval settlements and enclosure, it illustrates how GIS can be used to present a very large amount of historical and landscape data for any region. The clearly laid out maps in full colour throughout contain an immense amount of data which together provide a fascinating new portrait of this historic county.
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• 1. Introduction: Beyond Villages and Open Fields--
• 2. At the Margins of the Champion Countryside: The Emergence of Villages and Common Fields in Somerset--
• 3. Abbots, Bishops, Thegns or Communities: who was Responsible for Somerset's Champion Countryside?--
• 4. Across the Watershed: The Development of Landscapes Characterized by Dispersed Settlement in the South West--
• 5. Champion and Woodland? Landscape Evolution Beyond the 'Central Province' in Greater East Anglia--
• 6. Marching On? The Development of Villages and Open Fields in South Wales--
• 7. Conclusions.
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The varied character of Britain's countryside and towns provides communities with a strong sense of local identity. One of the most significant features of the southern British landscape is the way that its character differs from region to region, with compact villages in the Midlands contrasting with the sprawling hamlets of East Anglia and isolated farmsteads of Devon. Even more remarkable is the very 'English' feel of the landscape in southern Pembrokeshire, in the far south west of Wales. Hoskins described the English landscape as 'the richest historical record we possess', and in this book Stephen Rippon explores the origins of regional variations in landscape character, arguing that while some landscapes date back to the centuries either side of the Norman Conquest, other areas across southern Britain underwent a profound change around the 8th century AD.
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This volume contains a selection of the collected papers of the late Professor Glanville R. J. Jones. Following a brief assessment of the man and his work, by J. Beverley Smith, an extensive introductory essay by the editors sets Jones's work in a wide historiographical context. This material provides an overview of his 'multiple estate' model and concludes with an assessment of its continuing relevance in the twenty-first century. The selection of his published papers then begins with Welsh roots and the work from which his ideas grew, while the remaining items show how the questions he asked led him towards explorations of 'early' medieval estate structures in England, their links with rural settlement evolution, and the pragmatic, tenurial, and fiscal arrangements which bound individual rural settlements into broader spatial structures. Jones's ideas are often cited -- usually, but not invariably, with praise -- and this corpus is intended to allow today's scholars to reach a mature assessment of what he achieved. Right or wrong, he presented important challenges to the various disciplines working on the archaeology, history, and historical geography of the periods before and after the Norman Conquest of 1066.

The countryside we enjoy today has a very long history, but many of its key features were created in the relatively recent past - as this book shows. It investigates how the landscape of a particular area of England, East Anglia, developed in the period of the so-called great depression, beginning in 1870, and the phase of wartime intensification which succeeded it after 1930. It considers how fields, farms and villages developed in this period of dramatic agricultural change; examines the fate of country houses, gardens, and landed estates; and looks in some detail at the character of habitat change - at the development of hedges, woods, wetlands and heaths. It also considers how new kinds of landscape, ranging from vast conifer plantations to holiday resorts, came into existence.The period of the 'great depression' was not simply one of stasis and decay. It was instead a time in which there were fundamental changes in the rural environment, changes which were not always beneficial to wildlife and biodiversity. This book will be essential reading for all those interested in the history of the countryside (in East Anglia and beyond), landscape history, agricultural history, and historical ecology.
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• 1. The Medieval Countryside: Approaches and Perceptions: Grenville Astill and Annie Grant
• 2. Documentary Evidence: Problems and Enquiries: Christopher Dyer
• 3. Rural Settlement - the Toft and the Croft: Grenville Astill
• 4. Fields: Grenville Astill
• 5. Agricultural Equipment: John Langdon
• 6. Plant Resources: James Greig
• 7. Woods and Parks: Paul Stamper
• 8. Animal Resources: Annie Grant
• 9. Human Resources: Richard Smith 10.The Medieval Countryside: Efficiency, Progress and Change: Grenville Astill and Annie Grant.
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The contributors to this book draw on a wide range of sources, both historical and archaeological, to explore the environment and rural ways of medieval England. They discuss the keeping and hunting of animals, the growing of plants, and the agricultural methods and tools employed. They also examine the field, wood and parks of the medieval landscape and the forms of distribution of settlements and villages.
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