The spelling of Place Names in Anglo Saxon England was an uncertain business, with no consistency and no agreement even about the name itself. Thus London was variously rendered as Lundonia, Lundenberg, Lundenne, Lundene, Lundenwic, Lundenceaster and Lundres. Doubtless some readers will prefer other versions of the names listed below, but I have usually employed whichever spelling is cited in either the Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names or the Cambridge Dictionary of English Place Names for the years nearest or contained within Alfred’s reign, AD 871–899, but even that solution is not foolproof. Hayling Island, in 956, was written as both Heilincigae and Hæglingaiggæ. Nor have I been consistent myself; I should spell England as Englaland, and have preferred the modern form Northumbria to Norðhymbralond to avoid the suggestion that the boundaries of the ancient kingdom coincide with those of the modern county. So this list, like the spellings themselves, is capricious.
| Æscengum | Eashing, Surrey |
| Arwan | River Orwell, Suffolk |
| Beamfleot | Benfleet, Essex |
| Bebbanburg | Bamburgh, Northumberland |
| Berrocscire | Berkshire |
| Cair Ligualid | Carlisle, Cumbria |
| Caninga | Canvey Island, Essex |
| Cent | Kent |
| Cippanhamm | Chippenham, Wiltshire |
| Cirrenceastre | Cirencester, Gloucestershire |
| Cisseceastre | Chichester, Sussex |
| Coccham | Cookham, Berkshire |
| Colaun, River | River Colne, Essex |
| Contwaraburg | Canterbury, Kent |
| Cornwalum | Cornwall |
| Cracgelad | Cricklade, Wiltshire |
| Dunastopol | Dunstable (Roman name Durocobrivis), Bedfordshire |
| Dunholm | Durham, County Durham |
| Eoferwic | York, Yorkshire |
| Ethandun | Edington, Wiltshire |
| Exanceaster | Exeter, Devon |
| Fleot | River Fleet, London |
| Frankia | Germany |
| Fughelness | Foulness Island, Essex |
| Grantaceaster | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire |
| Gyruum | Jarrow, County Durham |
| Hastengas | Hastings, Sussex |
| Horseg | Horsey Island, Essex |
| Hothlege | River Hadleigh, Essex |
| Hrofeceastre | Rochester, Kent |
| Hwealf | River Crouch, Essex |
| Lundene | London |
| Mæides Stana | Maidstone, Kent |
| Medwæg | River Medway, Kent |
| Oxnaforda | Oxford, Oxfordshire |
| Padintune | Paddington, Greater London |
| Pant | River Blackwater, Essex |
| Scaepege | Isle of Sheppey, Kent |
| Sceaftes Eye | Sashes Island (at Coccham) |
| Sceobyrig | Shoebury, Essex |
| Scerhnesse | Sheerness, Kent |
| Sture | River Stour, Essex |
