> I said I would provide some RW references.
>
> _The Origins of Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms_,
>
> pg. 21:
> [About the _regio_, that is, the district of, a people called the Rodings:]
> `What is so striking about it is... the extent it conforms to the prevailing
> natural topography. It comprises a discrete block of the valley of the
> River Roding... and clearly contains a cross-section of all available land
> resources: it is geographically coherent... [This area is] exactly what one
> would expect a well organized, self contained community living under an
> economy of subsistence and exchange to have occupied.'
Hah! I used to live by the Roding! I can confirm that the Rodings are
clan-like even today!
Also, the river invades all roads in Spring, except for the roman one.
Not too anecdotal, I hope ...
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