HISTORY 135E

Department of History
University of California, Irvine
 Instructor:    Dr. Barbara J. Becker
 
Week 1.  Stretching the Limits

Maps of Inland (c. 5000 CE) and England (c. 2000 CE)
based on Riddley Walker, by Russell Hoban (b. 1925)
 

Inland, c. 5000 CE

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Place Names* in Riddley's Inland and Today's England

Inland
England
  
Inland
England
The Ram Isle of Thanet   Hagmans Il Hinxhill
Ram Gut Ramsgate   Mr Clevvers Roaling Place The Devils Kneading Trough
Reakys Over Reculver   Brabbas Horn Brabourne
Bollock Stoans Bullockstone   Sel Out Sellindge (Sellinge)
HORNY BOY HERNE BAY   Rose & Power Rosamunde's Bower
WIDDERS BEL WHITSTABLE   Dunk Your Arse Dengenesss
Little Salting Sea Salter   Monkey's Whoar Town Monks Horton
Dog Et Dargate   Stickit Flats
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Harts Ease Isle of Harty   Crippel the Farn Capel le Ferne
FATHERS HAM FAVERSHAM   The Warnings The Warren
Weaping (Bad Mercy) Badlesmere   FORK STOAN FOLKESTONE
Moal Arse Molash (Moldash)   Frogs Legs
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Good Mercy Godmersham   DO IT OVER DOVER
The Aulders Olantigh   GOOD SHOAR DEAL
Pig Sweet Pet Street   SAMS ITCH SANDWICH
How Wye   Roaming Rune Roman Ruin at Richborough
Widders Dump Withersdane   CAMBRY CANTERBURY
BERNT ARSE ASHFORD   River Sour River Stour


*Towns and cities in capital letters are mentioned in the children's game "Fools Circel 9wys":

Horny Boy rung Widders Bel


Stoal his Fathers Ham as wel
Bernt his Arse and Forkt a Stoan
Done It Over broak a boan
Out of Good Shoar vact his wayt
Scratcht Sams Itch for No. 8
Gone to senter nex to see
Cambry coming 3 times 3
      Sharna pax and get the poal
      When the Ardship of Cambry comes out of the hoal

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England, today
 
Go to:
  • Book I of De Architectura (c. 27 BCE - 14 CE), by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (fl. 1st century BCE)
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