Towns
Fifteen towns, as the world begins in the twelfth century: what each was like then, what it was known for, and the roads and rivers that reach it. The houses of the game trade between them.
South-east
- LondonAbout 2,000 people · a quay · 8 roadsKnown for: Wine imports; Wool
- CanterburyAbout 500 people · a quay · 1 roadKnown for: Pilgrim lodging and victualling; Pilgrim souvenirs (ampullae of St Thomas's water)
- SouthamptonAbout 500 people · a quay · 4 roadsKnown for: Wine imports (Normandy, then Gascony); Wool exports
Midlands
South-west
- BristolAbout 900 people · a quay · 5 roadsKnown for: Irish Sea shipping (Dublin and Ireland trade); Hides and fish from Ireland
- GloucesterAbout 500 people · a quay · 4 roadsKnown for: Iron and ironworking (Forest of Dean iron); Severn river trade
- ExeterAbout 500 people · a quay · 3 roadsKnown for: Wine imports through Topsham; County market and fair
- TruroAbout 250 people · a quay · 1 roadHistory to come