Late Romano-British archaeology -- Early Anglo-Saxon archaeology -- Place-names and British survival -- Place-names and the spread of Old English -- Cultural transition and the validity of a multidisciplinary regional study
Summary
This book compares the archaeological evidence from the fourth to seventh centuries AD in the Chilterns and Essex region with the considerable body of place-name data from the same area. Included in the study are the counties of Hertfordshire, Middlesex and Essex, and parts of Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire. Though it is difficult to demonstrate unbroken occupation of Romano-British sites throughout the period, the continued existence of British communities in most of the region has been shown by topographical evidence and by the existence of place-names demonstrative of Old
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-296) and index
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