List of FiguresAbbreviationsAbstractIntroductionHistoriography1. The Creation of Memory: Law-less Staffordshire?'Real' barrowsBarrows associated with inhumations in StaffordshireBarrows without evidence of associated inhumations in StaffordshireStaffordshire barrow sites - early excavationsBarrow formsBarrow compositionPlace-names: hlaw, beorg and crugBarrows: major place-pames: beorg, hlaw and crugNaming hlawsNaming hlaws: summaryMinor place-names: hlaw field-names in PirehillLocal study 1: BlurtonLocal Study 2: Aston and BurstonLocal Study 3: CatholmeExploiting meaning, establishing memory: the invention of local landscapesCreation of meaningsCreation of ancestorsBiographiesConclusion: The work of the dead2. The Reality of Saintly Stories in the Landscape: Staffordshire's 'Worthless' SaintsÆthelred and ÆthelflaedThe saints of Pirehill and StaffordshireÆthelflaed and WærburhWulfhad and RuffinThe Wulfhad and Ruffin story in the Staffordshire landscapeBeorhthelmUsing the dead: their power and their memory3. Public and Permanent Statements: The 'Rickety Arched Frames' of StaffordshireProvenanceProductionThe Staffordshire corpusTrent Valley GroupDove Valley GroupPennine Fringes GroupDatingRegional influencesStone sculpture and identityMemorialisation and manorialisationDiscussion4. The Thegnly Moment: An Anatomy of Estate CentresBackground: multiple estatesThegns and their estatesMethodology: an anatomy of a thegnly estate centre in StaffordshireDefining the landscape: townshipsEcclesiastical developmentsThe Domesday Survey evidenceTaxatio EcclesiasticaPlace-names: OE tunCase studiesDarlastonMadeleyMucklestoneStandonBlithfieldColtonWolstantonDiscussion: wateriness and life on the e(d)g(e)TrenthamStokeChurch EatonSeeking out the e(d)g(e)Discussion: a commonality of topographies5. A 10th-Century Family: Kinship in Practice in the Staffordshire LandscapeA 10th-century continuity?The family Wulf and their religious housesConclusionConclusionBibliographyPrimary Sources: printedPrimary sources: not in printSecondary Sources.