Comment Comment by vesinisa -by (Norse suffix for 'settlement') vs. -bury (corruption of Old English for 'castle') lets you pretty nicely draw out the borders of the historic Danelaw i.e. the area where the Norse Vikings settled:https://placenames.rtwilson.com/#W3sidGV4dCI6ImJ5IiwiY29sb3I...Compare against this map: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:England_878.svgThe Danelaw ceased to politically exist over a thousand years ago so that's pretty impressive. parent vesinisa 2 years ago
https://placenames.rtwilson.com/#W3sidGV4dCI6ImJ5IiwiY29sb3I...
Compare against this map: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:England_878.svg
The Danelaw ceased to politically exist over a thousand years ago so that's pretty impressive.