[Sca-cooks] SCA placenames

[Stefan li Rous]

Galefridus said:
<<< West of the Crown Lands is the Barony of Settmour Swamp, whose  
lands include Somer-set and Mor-ris counties, plus the Great Swamp  
National Wildlife Refuge. The Swamp also includes the entirety or  
pieces of several other counties, but I guess they didn't rate being  
included in the name. >>>

Thank you. I hadn't heard where Settmour Swamp came from. The  
situation with the other counties, isn't that unusual. When Ansteorra   
(lone Star) was being formed, there were no SCA groups in Oklahoma.

One of the reasons for the name for the Kingdom of Caid, is that the  
four letters are from the first letters of each of the four baronies  
that existed in that area at that time. I'm pretty sure there are a  
lot more baronies there, now.

Another fact that many folks don't know is that for a while, the first  
group established in a mundane state was automatically a barony. A lot  
of these would have been difficult to establish as a "shire" these  
days, at least on their numbers.

Stefan

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