in 2014, when winter floods hit the Somerset Levels in south-west England. “I was struck by the plight of the village of Muchelney,” says Jones. “People were saying, I can’t believe it’s turned into a big island. But it’s in the name.” Ey, as also in Eyton, is a common Anglo-Saxon place name element meaning just that: an island or raised promontory

in 2014, when winter floods hit the Somerset Levels in south-west England. “I was struck by the plight of the village of Muchelney,” says Jones. “People were saying, I can’t believe it’s turned into a big island. But it’s in the name.” Ey, as also in Eyton, is a common Anglo-Saxon place name element meaning just that: an island or raised promontory