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This reminds me of an episode of Map Men where they offhandedly point out that by plotting British place names of Viking origins, it is possible to see the true
by ubutler 3y ago
This reminds me of an episode of Map Men where they offhandedly point out that by plotting British place names of Viking origins, it is possible to see the true extent of their invasion: https://youtu.be/uYNzqgU7na4?si=l-b6-p4fSeviWmMs&t=310 https://youtu.be/uYNzqgU7na4?si=l-b6-p4fSeviWmMs&t=310. In fact, the map they show in that episode (https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/n2s2qu/map_of_british_towns_and_who_gave_them_there_names/#lightbox https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/n2s2qu/map_of_brit...) looks strikingly similar to this map I've found on Wikipedia of Celtic, Danish and English territory in 878: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:England_878.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:England_878.svg
- kitd 3y agoYou can do the same with early Saxons and the '-ing' suffix. It is concentrated towards the south east. Variants such as '-ington' and '-ingham' came later incorporating wider influences.
- JdeBP 3y agoIt's worth remembering that the 19th century map of 878 could well have been constructed the same way from the same evidence.
- walthamstow 3y agoMy favourite thing about that map is how much of modern eastern England is still under the North Sea