Mapping the Medieval Townscape: a digital atlas of the new towns of Edward I

This resource derives from the Mapping the medieval urban landscape research project which began in 2003 with two years funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council. The project focused on a group of 'new towns' situated in Wales and England and established in the reign of King Edward I. A digital historical atlas of these new towns is made available here. It contains information about each of the towns studied, including an interpretative essay and detailed maps of how the towns looked at around the time they were founded. As well as the atlas text and images there is also an accessible and searchable GIS database of all the towns with historical maps and archaeological data. For those who wish to conduct their own analyses of our project data there are also datasets of raw data which are downloadable.