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The Gough Map or Bodleian Map [1] is a Late Medieval map of the island of Great Britain. Its precise dates of production and authorship are unknown. It is named after Richard Gough, who bequeathed the map to the Bodleian Library in Oxford 1809. He acquired the map from the estate of the antiquarian Thomas "Honest Tom" Martin in 1774. [2]
Measurement of the population of England's towns and cities during the 20th century is complicated by determining what forms a separate "town" and where its exact boundaries lie, with boundaries often being moved. The lists are those of the constituent towns and cities, as opposed to those of the district or conurbation.
England in the Middle Ages concerns the history of England during the medieval period, from the end of the 5th century through to the start of the early modern period in 1485. When England emerged from the collapse of the Roman Empire, the economy was in tatters and many of the towns abandoned. After several centuries of Germanic immigration ...
Mill towns in the United Kingdom; List of cities in the United Kingdom; List of post towns in the United Kingdom; List of United Kingdom locations; Category:Towns in England by county; Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland), settlement areas in the pre-1974 reform governance structure which had town-equivalent populations to municipal ...
An 1824 map of the English and Welsh counties. Although all of England was divided into shires by the time of the Norman conquest, some counties were formed later, such as Lancashire in the 12th century. Perhaps because of their differing origins the counties varied considerably in size.
This list of town walls in England and Wales describes the fortified walls built and maintained around these towns and cities from the 1st century AD onwards. The first town walls were built by the Romans, following their conquest of Britain in 43 AD. The Romans typically initially built walled forts, some of which were later converted into ...
During most of the Middle Ages (c. 410–1485 AD), the island of Great Britain was divided into multiple kingdoms. By the end of the period two remained: the Kingdom of England, of which Wales was a principality, and the Kingdom of Scotland. The following articles address this period of history in each of the nations of Great Britain:
Medieval England was a patriarchal society and the lives of women were heavily influenced by contemporary beliefs about gender and authority. [96] However, the position of women varied according to factors including their social class; whether they were unmarried, married, widowed or remarried; and in which part of the country they lived. [97]