Hurley, Christopher Mark; (2000) Landscapes in the southern Welsh Marches 600-1100. The evidence of the charter collections of Llandaff and Worcester. Doctoral thesis (Ph.D.), University College London (United Kingdom).

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This thesis aims at reaching a better understanding of the landscape of the southern Welsh Marches and its settlement in the early medieval period up to, and including, the eleventh century by investigating estates described in early medieval charter collections. Use is made of the estates described in charters of demonstrably pre-mid-eleventh century date, preserved in the collections of Llandaff and at Worcester. Three principal issues are dealt with: 1) The relationship between early medieval estates and the surrounding landscape. In particular, the land uses evidenced within the estates, the type of landscape in which the estates occur and the relationship of the estates with other known features in the landscape. 2) The form and quality of land that the ecclesiastical authorities possessed or laid claim to. 3) The differences and similarities between estates within the two geographically distinct areas in which the properties of Worcester and Llandaff occur. This project was confronted with a high degree of variability in the quality and quantity of evidence for this period. As a result, the degree to which the current evidence can be used to increase our knowledge of the early medieval landscape is also discussed. In addition to the above, this research demonstrates the enormous potential of early medieval charter collections to the understanding of the landscape of early medieval Britain and its relationship with the people who lived in it.

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