PLACE NAMES

Place names in Dark Ages Britain vary according to time, language, dialect and the scribe who was writing. I have not followed a strict convention when choosing what spelling to use for a given place. In most cases, I have chosen the name I believe to be the closest to that used in the early seventh century, but like the scribes of all those centuries ago, I have taken artistic licence at times, and merely selected the one I liked most.

Albion Great Britain
Bebbanburg Bamburgh
Bernicia Northern kingdom of Northumbria, running approximately from the Tyne to the Firth of Forth
Cantware Kent
Cantwareburh Canterbury
Dál Riata Gaelic overkingdom, roughly encompassing modern-day Argyll and Bute and Lochaber in Scotland and also County Antrim in Northern Ireland
Deira Southern kingdom of Northumbria, running approximately from the Humber to the Tyne
Elmet Native Briton kingdom, approximately equal to the West Riding of Yorkshire
Engelmynster Fictional location in Deira
Eoferwic York
Frankia France
Gefrin Yeavering
Gwynedd Gwynedd, North Wales
Hibernia Ireland
Hii Iona
Hithe Hythe, Kent
Northumbria Modern-day Yorkshire, Northumberland and south-east Scotland
Pocel’s Hall Pocklington