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UPDATE! The project has progressed thanks to funding and it has now a dedicated website showcasing two more maps: York and Oxford. London, York and Oxford maps have been created with new information and there are podcasts to dramatise interesting cases.

Visit https://medievalmurdermap.co.uk/ and enjoy more interactive maps, background information and podcasts. The original London map won't be updated. You can also follow the dedicated Twitter/X account of the new website at @MediMurderMaps.

The Braun and Hogenberg map of London we used to create the Homicide Hotspots has been reproduced by kind permission of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem & the Jewish National & University Library. The map of London c.1270 has been reproduced by kind permission of the Historic Towns Trust.

 

We also wish to thank all our collaborators:

  • Dr Michael Rice, Birgitte Bruun and Jeremy Ries helped with adapting the medieval texts.
  • Ruth Schmid Eisner and Nora Eisner helped with the data preparation and geocoding.
  • Sam Barnes at Design Monkey Media developed the 

    software for producing the map and created the search index using Google Maps JavaScript API framework.

  •  Dan Gould of Dan Gould Design restored the image of the historical map

  • Giles Darkes, Cartographic Editor, British Historic Towns Atlas, The Historic Towns Trust

 

 

Eisner, Manuel (2018). Interactive Medieval London Murder (Homicide) Map

  

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