Death of Kings. Bernard Cornwell
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nearest to AD 900, but even that solution is not foolproof. Hayling Island, in 956, was written as both Heilincigae and Hæglingaiggæ. Nor have I been consistent myself; I should spell England as Englaland, and have preferred the modern form Northumbria to Norðhymbralond to avoid the suggestion that the boundaries of the ancient kingdom coincide with those of the modern county. So this list, like the spellings themselves, is capricious.
| Baddan Byrig | Badbury Rings, Dorset |
| Beamfleot | Benfleet, Essex |
| Bebbanburg | Bamburgh, Northumberland |
| Bedanford | Bedford, Bedfordshire |
| Blaneford | Blandford Forum, Dorset |
| Buccingahamm | Buckingham, Bucks |
| Buchestanes | Buxton, Derbyshire |
| Ceaster | Chester, Cheshire |
| Cent | County of Kent |
| Cippanhamm | Chippenham, Wiltshire |
| Cirrenceastre | Cirencester, Gloucestershire |
| Contwaraburg | Canterbury, Kent |
| Cyninges Tun | Kingston upon Thames, Greater London |
| Cracgelad | Cricklade, Wiltshire |
| Cumbraland | Cumberland |
| Cytringan | Kettering, Northants |
| Dumnoc | Dunwich, Suffolk |
| Dunholm | Durham, County Durham |
| Eanulfsbirig | St Neot, Cambridgeshire |
| Eleg | Ely, Cambridgeshire |
| Eoferwic | York, Yorkshire (called Jorvik by the Danes) |
| Exanceaster | Exeter, Devon |
| Fagranforda | Fairford, Gloucestershire |
| Fearnhamme | Farnham, Surrey |
| Fifhidan | Fyfield, Wiltshire |
| Fughelness | Foulness Island, Essex |
| Gegnesburh | Gainsborough, Lincolnshire |
| Gleawecestre | Gloucester, Gloucestershire |
| Grantaceaster | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire |
| Hothlege, River | Hadleigh Ray, Essex |
| Hrofeceastre | Rochester, Kent |
| Humbre, River | River Humber |
| Huntandon | Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire |
| Liccelfeld | Lichfield, Staffordshire |
| Lindisfarena | Lindisfarne (Holy Island), Northumberland |
| Lundene | London |
| Medwæg, River | River Medway, Kent |
| Natangrafum | Notgrove, Gloucestershire |
| Oxnaforda | Oxford, Oxfordshire |
| Ratumacos | Rouen, Normandy, France |
| Rochecestre | Wroxeter, Shropshire |
| Sarisberie | Salisbury, Wiltshire |
| Sæfern | River Severn |
| Sceaftesburi | Shaftesbury, Dorset |
| Sceobyrig | Shoebury, Essex |
| Scrobbesburh | Shrewsbury, Shropshire |
| Snotengaham | Nottingham, Nottinghamshire |
| Sumorsæte | Somerset |
| Temes, River | River Thames |
| Thornsæta | Dorset |
| Tofeceaster | Towcester, Northamptonshire |
| Trente, River | River Trent |
| Turcandene | Turkdean, Gloucestershire |
| Tweoxnam | Christchurch, Dorset |
| Westune | Whitchurch, Shropshire |
| Wiltunscir | Wiltshire |
| Wimburnan | Wimborne, Dorset |
| Wintanceaster | Winchester, Hampshire |
| Wygraceaster | Worcester, Worcestershire |
‘Every day is ordinary,’ Father Willibald said, ‘until it isn’t.’ He smiled happily, as though he had just said something he thought I would find significant, then looked disappointed when I said nothing. ‘Every day,’ he started again.
‘I heard your drivelling,’ I snarled.
‘Until it isn’t,’ he finished weakly. I liked Willibald, even if he was a priest. He had been one of my childhood tutors and now I counted him as a friend. He was gentle, earnest, and if the meek ever do inherit the earth then Willibald will be rich beyond measure.
And every day is ordinary until something changes, and that cold Sunday morning had seemed as ordinary as any until the fools tried to kill me. It was so cold. There had been rain during the week, but on that morning the puddles froze and a hard frost whitened