Maps of Anglo-Saxon England

The maps listed below were devised over the past 20 years to accompany particular articles or for use as handouts in lectures. The maps were drawn by the late Reginald Piggott, of Potter Heigham, Norfolk, whose distinctive style (represented by his elegant calligraphy, and by various aspects of cartographic design) can be seen in many books published in the last fifty years by various presses (notably the Cambridge University Press). All of the original maps (drawn on artist’s board) are available as image files, and may be downloaded for personal use from the links below. Should any map be wanted for purposes of publication, high resolution files are available here. Production of the maps, over the years, has depended on the support given to its fellows by Trinity College, Cambridge, for purposes of teaching and research.

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The political development of Anglo-Saxon England

The sequence of maps shows how matters changed from the days of the so-called 'Heptarchy' (c. 700), past the period of the 'Mercian Supremacy' (c. 800), to the kingdom 'of the Anglo-Saxons' (c. 900) and thereafter to the kingdom 'of the English' (c. 1000).

Made in 1997, for the Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England (Oxford, 1999), though re-drawn on four pages by the publishers, pp. 517–20.

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Map showing the probable location of Clofesho

Clofesho was designated the meeting-place for church councils in the late seventh century, and was still used for such purposes in the 820s. It is likely to be somewhere on this map, but its exact location remains a mystery.

Made in 1994, for The Councils of Clofesho, Brixworth Lecture 1993 (Leicester, 1994).

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