Chapter 6 The Use of Anglo-Saxon Woodland: Place-Name and Charter 138 Evidence

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations and Tables vi
4. Preface and Acknowledgements ix
5. List of Abbreviations x
6. Part I Tree Symbolism
7. Chapter 1 Trees and Groves in Pre-Christian Belief 1
8. Chapter 2 Christianity and the Sacred Tree 21
9. Chapter 3 Trees in Literature 58
10. Chapter 4 Trees, Mythology and National Consciousness: into the Future 96
11. Part II Trees and Woodland in the Anglo-Saxon Landscape
12. Chapter 5 The Nature and Distribution of Anglo-Saxon Woodland 111
13. Chapter 6 The Use of Anglo-Saxon Woodland: Place-Name and Charter 138 Evidence 138
14. Chapter 7 Trees in the Landscape 165
15. PART III: Individual Tree Species in Anglo-Saxon England
16. Chapter 8 Trees of Wood-Pasture and ‘Ancient Countryside’ 189
17. Chapter 9 Trees of Wet Places in Early Medieval Records: Alder and Willow 222
18. Chapter 10 Trees of Open or Planned Countryside 232
19. Chapter 11 Other Trees Noted in Charters and Early Place-Names 245
20. Chapter 12 Trees not Readily Apparent in the Early Medieval Written Record 275
21. Epilogue 283
22. Bibliography 285
23. Index 303