Note esp no. of coastal places marked! :) Another early Lincs map: Speed's, E16thC in 1646 edn http://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/28058/Lincolne_Shire/Speed.html …pic.twitter.com/hgjauni6e0
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Note esp no. of coastal places marked! :) Another early Lincs map: Speed's, E16thC in 1646 edn http://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/28058/Lincolne_Shire/Speed.html …pic.twitter.com/hgjauni6e0
(On the first map, I should have said, not so much this one---on 1st map, lots on coast, not so many inland+mistakes)
@caitlinrgreen hmm, Sleford and Wāflet (Wainfleet I presume) but no Boston?
@NoNonperson 'Tostei', perhaps? Spellings of Boston vary a lot in medieval period!! ;)
@caitlinrgreen well it looks to be vaguely in the right place but doesn't sound right :-\ I bow to your superior knowledge though :-)
@NoNonperson Boston='-stan' name, so might be -'steinn' in local Scandinavianised dialect, w/ 'n' dropped? & then T+B confused via the -t-?!
@caitlinrgreen sound plausible..... You make me feel so old, I studied all this age 17 doing A level English language, so so so long ago!
@NoNonperson Lol! Sorry! :) utter guesswork of course! Nothing like form in early sources, but Lincoln becomes Nichol in med sources, so...!
@caitlinrgreen places marked interesting, yes, but also chosen orientation of map! The land as viewed from the East!
@CatherineEsse yes! Def looks that way, and notice all the coastal places marked vs a lack of inland ones!
@caitlinrgreen maps can offer an interesting window on the mapper's own perceived reality and perspective :)
@caitlinrgreen not been sent for yet & the writing is a bit small for me to see.
@EquineAnn the link goes to a zoomable version :)
@caitlinrgreen I've just taken another look. I get you. You've got to zoom in & keep dragging. It does look blurred at first as it takes its
@caitlinrgreen Thank you very much for this. Unfortunately I cannot read this as I was due for my eyes to be retested last month & I have
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