Viking Migration and Settlement in East Anglia

This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of Scandinavian-influenced place-names in East Anglia, and proposes a new model of place-name formation that incorporates the hypothesis of a substantial migration of Viking settlers from Scandinavia..

David Boulton was born and brought up in Suffolk, and has lived in Ipswich for most of his adult life. After a successful career managing a family business involved in the production and distribution of educational programmes, he returned to the academic study of medieval history, which has been a lifelong interest. He was awarded an MA with Distinction in Medieval Studies at the University of Nottingham, and then completed his PhD at the University of East Anglia in 2020 on the Scandinavian place-names of East Anglia. He is currently undertaking further research in this field.