Here's a great fact: of the 14,783 place-names recorded in the Domesday Book, only 1,219 no longer exist. That's an impressive survival! (Hall, 2012 Palmer, 2007)
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Some never appeared again, some lasted a while and disappeared, and some, Palmer suggests – quite pragmatically and poetically – were 'lost to the sea or a reservoir'.
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Conversely, we've lost about 66% of the place-names that were recorded in the 7th century (admittedly of a dataset of THREE. Bless).
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Replying to @MathewJLyons
Let me get back to you on that when I've finished this
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Replying to @katemond @MathewJLyons
Actually I'm not sure because in just one charter of the 7th century we have Reculver (Raculf), Thanet (Tened) and Sturry (Sturia/Stureie)...
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Replying to @MathewJLyons
He's posted his data, so I'll look into it and see where he's differing
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Replying to @katemond @MathewJLyons
It's in the corrections to proof at the beginning of the pdf: the total names in the L7thC of 3 is a misprint for 9 (with 3 surviving, 6 lost) :)
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Replying to @caitlinrgreen @MathewJLyons
AHHH, thank you. I meant to go back and check the corrections when I made my notes. That makes a lot more sense.
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No worries! :)
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