| Albion |
KL III.ii.85 |
poetic name for Britain |
| Ampthill |
H8 IV.i.28 |
Ampthill Castle, Bedfordshire, SC England; Katherine of Aragon stayed there in 1533 while her marriage to Henry VIII was annulled |
| Arden, Forest of |
AYI.i.108 |
forest formerly covering a large area from Warwickshire through the Midlands into Staffordshire |
| Banbury |
MW I.i.121 |
Oxfordshire town, known for its rich milk cheese about an inch thick |
| Birnan |
Mac IV.i.92 |
Birnam, Dunkeld, E Scotland, near the River Tay |
| Brainford |
MW IV.ii.71 |
Brentford, not far from Kew Gardens, London |
| Bristow, Bristol |
2H6 III.i.328 |
city-port in SW England, close to the mouth of the R Severn |
| Britany |
Cym I.v.69 |
early form of the name Britain |
| Cambria |
Cym III.ii.44 |
medieval name for Wales |
| Camelot |
KL II.ii.82 |
capital of King Arthur’s legendary kingdom; possible sites include Winchester
 Sarum below |
| Chartham |
2H6 IV.ii.80 |
village near Canterbury, Kent, SE England |
| Ciceter |
R2 V.vi.3 |
Cirencester, market town in Gloucestershire, SWC England |
| Colebrook |
MW IV.v.72 |
Colnbrook, near Windsor, S England |
| Colmekill |
Mac II.iv.33 |
Iona, island off the W coast of Scotland; once the traditional burial place for Scottish kings |
| Cotsall |
MW I.i.84 |
Cotswold Hills; hill range mainly in Gloucestershire, SE England |
| Cotsole |
2H4 III.ii.20 |
Cotswold
Cotsall above |
| Daintry |
3H6 V.i.6 |
Daventry, town W of Northampton, C England |
| Downs |
2H6 IV.i.9 |
The Downs; anchorage just off the Kent coast, SE England |
| Dunsinane |
Mac IV.i.92 |
Dunsinnan, W of Dundee, E Scotland |
| Gallia |
MW III.i.89 |
someone from France |
| Gaul |
MW III.i.89 |
[unclear usage by the Host] someone from Wales; usually at the time, someone from France |
| Gaultree Forest |
2H4 IV.i.2 |
now Sutton-on-the-Forest, N of York, North Yorkshire, N England |
| Goodwins |
MV III.i.4 |
Goodwin Sands; treacherous sands for shipping off the Kent coast, SE England |
| Hampton |
H5 II.ii.91 |
Southampton; port city in Hampshire, S England |
| Ha’rfordwest |
R3 IV.v.10 |
Haverfordwest; town in Pembrokeshire, SW Wales |
| Herford |
2H4 IV.i.136 |
Hereford; city in Herefordshire, WC England, on the River Wye |
| Holmedon |
1H4 I.i.55 |
Humbleton, village in Northumberland, NE England |
| Hunkley, Hinckley |
2H4 V.i.21 |
town NE of Stratford-upon-Avon, C England; site of a large fair |
| Killingworth |
2H6 IV.iv.39 |
Kenilworth Castle, to which Henry V retired after the battle of Agincourt; between Coventry and Warwick, C England |
| Kimbolton, Kymmalton |
H8 IV.i.34 |
Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire, EC England; castle owned by Edward de Bohun, Duke of Buckingham; later, a manor house in which Catherine of Aragon was imprisoned |
| Lynn |
3H6 IV.v.20 |
King’s Lynn; port in Norfolk, E England |
| Pomfret |
R3 III.i.183 |
Pontefract, West Yorkshire, N England; site of castle in which Richard II was imprisoned; later, a Lancastrian stronghold during the Wars of the Roses |
| Readins |
MW IV.v.71 |
Reading; former county town of Berkshire, S England |
| Saint Colm’s Inch |
Mac I.ii.64 |
Inchcolm; small island in the Firth of Forth, E Scotland; site of an abbey |
| Saint Edmundsbury |
KJ IV.iii.11 |
Bury St Edmunds, market town in Suffolk, E England; site of the shrine of St Edmund and a place of pilgrimage |
| Sarum |
KL II.ii.81 |
old name for Salisbury, Wiltshire, S England; Salisbury Plain is a possible site for Camelot |
| Sutton Coldfield |
1H4IV.ii.3 |
town in the West Midlands, C. England, thought by Falstaff to be on the way from Coventry to Shrewsbury (though in fact several miles off the direct route) |
| Stamford |
2H4 III.ii.37 |
market town in Lincolnshire, EC England, with a tradition of fairs from Anglo-Saxon times |
| Tewkesbury |
2H4 II.iv.236 |
town in SWC England, a mustard-making centre in Elizabethan times; Henry VI’s son, Edward, killed in battle here (1471) |
| Ware |
TN III.ii.45 |
town in Hertfordshire, SE England; the Great Bed of Ware, famous for its size, is now in the Victoria and Albert museum, London |
| Washes |
KJ V.vii.63 |
the Wash; shallow inlet of the North Sea on E coast of England |
| Washford |
1H6 IV.vii.63 |
Wexford, city in Leinster, SE Ireland |
| Winchester |
TC V.x.55 |
city in Hampshire, S England; Henry IV married in its cathedral; one Bishop of Winchester licensed brothels in Southwark, London, hence ‘Winchester goose’ for a prostitute |