Maps of Anglo-Saxon England
Wyvern
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When hunting for maps today to assist a colleague on an ancient history forum, I happened upon this page on Kemble: The Anglo-Saxon Charters Website, which has links to a host of beautiful, sometimes annotated, hand-drawn, black-and white maps of Anglo-Saxon England, all done by the cartographer Reginald Pigott for various books in the early 21st century. They're especially valuable, as some show the established, or best-estimated, extents of features like forests, marshlands, and coastlines, many of which have altered since the 7th to 11th centuries CE. They're free to download for personal use, and are well worth a look.
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That's a great reference, Wyvern… thanks! Wish I would've had it when I was making the map for my friend's game set in an alternate Britain circa 800 AD. I managed to cobble it together, but having this to reference would've surely saved me some time.
People probably already know this, but this reminds me: https://www.bsswebsite.me.uk/A%20Short%20History%20of/maps.html
This has historical maps of the UK for people's references.
That's an interesting webpage @JulianDracos ; a bit eclectic, and quite old itself now, but none the worse for that. Parts of it almost seem like a history of some of the CC mapping styles, as well!
I was thinking the same thing, Wyvern - I saw several things there that reminded me of CC styles available.