Boundaries
Why Rivers Make Some Regional Boundaries Feel Natural
Why rivers make some regional boundaries feel natural depends on the banks, crossings and stretches people use. Learn…
The full reading list
All reading
Explore explanations of the landforms, boundaries, routes and settlement patterns that shape how we read nearby places and wider regions.
Routes
Grid or Ridge Route Planning Across Hilly Ground
Grid or ridge route planning helps compare links, junctions and terrain so you can choose a route that serves useful…
Settlement
The Long Life of the Market Town
Market town history helps you trace how exchange shaped routes and settlement, and distinguish surviving evidence from…
Place Names
A Place Name Is Not a Map
A place name is not a map: learn how inherited names can preserve old terrain, languages and boundaries, and how to…
Landforms
Reading a Valley from Its Opposite Slopes
Reading a valley from its opposite slopes helps you compare the valley floor, skylines and side hollows to form a…
Our point of view
Maps are arguments about place
A boundary can clarify one thing and hide another. We look beyond the line to the terrain, routes and relationships that give a region its character.