Image: Matthew Paris, Map of Britain, c. 1250, London, British Library, Royal MS 14 C VII, fol. 5v

About Us

Welcome to the Strange Geographies website! Follow us as we seek to understand the unfamiliar ways medieval people thought about England, Britain, and their wonders in the Middle Ages. Our three-year, AHRC-funded project will investigate manuscript sources for strange and wonderful medieval topographies. We’ll work with creative practitioners to explore how these can inspire new ways of making connections with spaces and cultures of the past, and with heritage and biocultural heritage partners to enrich public understanding of the long cultural history of man-made and natural wonders. Find out more about the team via the link above, or catch up on our progress via Project Updates and Events.