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1 online resource : illustrations, maps. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Studies in regional and local history ; volume 13
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Studies in regional and local history (Hertfordshire, England) ; v. 13.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; General Editor's preface; 1 Studying ancient woodland; The historiography of ancient woodland; Defining ancient woodland: the Ancient Woodland Inventory; The implications of ancient woodland; The challenge to stability: dynamic models; Conclusion; 2 The contexts of ancient woodland; Soils and climate; The human landscape: settlement and farming; Ancient woodland in Norfolk; Examining ancient woods; 3 The origins of coppiced woodland; The evidence of location and distribution. |
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Manorial sites and ancient woodsAncient woodland, Roman settlement and post-Roman regeneration; Woods as pastures: early pastoral exploitation of woodland; The enclosure of the wastes; Ecological impacts of enclosure; Conclusion; 4 The character of coppiced woodland; Management; The features of the wood: boundaries, ponds and settlements; The stability of woodland; Management, use and species composition; Conclusion; 5 Wood-pastures; Introduction; Wood-pasture heaths; Sustaining planting on commons; Private wood-pastures; Conclusion. |
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6 Ancient woodland in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuriesThe background; The 'Great Replanting'; Managing ancient woodland in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; New uses for old woods; 'Pseudo-ancient woodland'; Conclusion; 7 The recent history of ancient woodland; Depression and the great estates; The impact of the Forestry Commission; Woodland in wartime; The effects of dereliction; Post-War attrition, destruction and survival; Conclusion; 8 Conclusion: the nature of woodland; Appendix: sites discussed in the text; Bibliography; Index. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Forests and forestry -- England -- Norfolk.
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Forests and forestry. |
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England -- Norfolk. |
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Trees -- England -- Norfolk -- History.
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Trees. |
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History. |
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Norfolk (England) -- Antiquities.
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Norfolk (England) -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Williamson, Tom, 1955- author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Barnes, Gerry. Rethinking ancient woodland 9781909291577 (OCoLC)925365608 |
| ISBN |
9781909291591 (electronic book) |
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1909291595 (electronic book) |
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9781909291577 |
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1909291579 |
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