How Trees Gave Places Their Names

Gone Medieval

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🗓️ 19 July 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Trees have been universally important to humanity throughout history - not only as the source of fruits and nuts, but also wood for tools, weapons and buildings, and fuel for transport.

So integral were trees to early Medieval society that their names were used for places throughout England - such as Acton (oak settlement) or Ashby (ash farm).

In this edition of Gone Medieval, Dr. Cat Jarman talks to Jessica Treacher whose PhD research has been looking at the environmental and cultural role of trees and what we can learn from place-names about people’s relationship with nature in the Middle Ages.

The Senior Producer on this episode was Elena Guthrie. It was edited by Thomas Ntinas and produced by Rob Weinberg.

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1:34.8	Hello and welcome to Gone Medieval. I'm Dr. Kat Jarman.
1:39.8	Trees. We all know how hugely important they are in today's world. Not least do protect
1:45.3	our environment and in the fight against climate change but also as invaluable resources we need
1:51.5	in our everyday lives. But what about in medieval times? What did trees mean to pass societies and
1:59.2	how are they used and managed? And if we go back to the early medieval period when we have quite
2:05.4	a limited written record, how on earth can we learn about all of this? I'm delighted to welcome to
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