English place-names (2)

Another in a similar vein. This time a search of the OS Gazetteer for places named 'something Green'. The striking pattern shows the contrast between the nucleated settlement of the 'central province' and the landscape of dispersed hamlets, farms and so on elsewhere ('something End' produces a similar effect). Roberts and Wrathmell produced a version of this in their Atlas of Rural Settlement in England. Although published in 2000, their (interesting and informative) maps appear of another age, hand-plotted if not actually hand-drawn (their Fig. 30 'Green' map references 1928 OS mapping as its source).
Same map base. Slightly different treatment of coast and sea. Labelling aside I think I prefer the earlier version.

English place-names (1)

Map of place-names in '-by'. Long recognised as an indicator of early Scandanavian settlement in the east and north of England. Experiment with the Ordnance Survey 1:50000 Gazetteer. The scatter of Welsh matches shows the downside to the approach, but the map does shows the main focus very well. Basemap from SRTM data reprojected to Ordnance Survey National Grid with application of colour ramp and hill shading. Labelling on the faint side but still experimenting with sea and coasts.