Abstract
ABSTRACT This paper presents some of the results of the author's continuing research into the landscape history of the Isle of Wight in the early medieval period. The reconstruction of Anglo-Saxon charter bounds forms the basis of the present study. The landscape regions of the Isle of Wight are defined using a variety of sources and are mapped. The reconstruction of these landscapes in the tenth century is discussed using data inferred from charter boundary clauses with mapped examples of charter bounds impinging upon various landscape regions. The areas of estates delineated in charters are presented as acreages and related to the hidage of each estate and a correlation is found between the acreage per hide of each estate and the nature of the landscape within the estate's bounds. These findings are related to observations made about the nature of the hide from other areas of England and to Domesday data from the Isle of Wight. It is argued that arable resources were a crucial factor in determining estates' hidages.
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