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Ash
05-02-2017, 12:12 PM
Saxon for Woolwich. 'double u'. Geddit!?

I am enjoying this map of what is now Greater London, in Saxon times. All the old place names, the Roman roads (Old Kent Road, Edgware Road, A10, A24), Saxon Roads (eg: Harrow and Uxbridge roads, Drury Lane) and lost rivers.

Eastern Thames:
https://assets.londonist.com/uploads/2014/01/i875/screen-shot-2014-01-23-at-14-39-31.png

Wemba-Lea!
https://assets.londonist.com/uploads/2014/01/i875/screen-shot-2014-01-23-at-14-39-59.png

Link with full map: (click on the first map for full, hi-res version)

http://londonist.com/2014/01/anglo-saxon-london-map-updated