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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… long held extensive pasture closes, presumably created by assarting, around Overhall grove. In 1615 1they included …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… down to the western brook, though reduced by medieval assarting to c. 20 a. by 1496, 7increased later, covering the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… as the Wolds, were under cultivation at an earlier date. Assarting in woodland is known to have taken place in 1264, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… some upland parts of Withington is 12th- and 13th-century assarting recorded. Open fields later covered wide areas of …
A History of the County of Sussex
… had much scattered settlement, the result of individual assarting in woodland. In the Middle Ages there were three …
A History of the County of Berkshire
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… well-wooded, and that villages extended their fields by assarting. 15 By the 17th century Bringhurst parish contained …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 89 Broseley was disafforested in 1301. 90 Despite assarting and the establishment of outlying farms extensive …