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 |