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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… it continued to be until inclosure, into three large open fields, stretching northwest from the road through the … which were called by the 1250s the East, Middle, and West fields, the first and last being sometimes styled the fields toward Milton and Cambridge. Their layout remained …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Chesterton remained predominantly arable, with three open fields, probably cultivated on a triennial rotation from the … estates, apart from scattered playing and sports fields and a 'green belt' along the north-western border. … Histon was called Histon way by 1300. 55 Ways through the fields, such as Oakington way, recorded by 1310, 56 were …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… of the valley and formerly was surrounded by its open fields; these were still in existence in the 16th century, … about 330 ft. above sea-level, within an area of 'Celtic' fields. Finds made at various times, including material from … Procs., XXI (1900), 1445; Hutchins III, 567.) 'Celtic' Fields, see p. 119, Group (75). Oswald, in The Country Seat …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… cantering, and galloping. 63 South of the heath, open fields extended over the Chalk valley and the rising land to … was originally reached by a road running across the open fields, which Henry Jermyn diverted into the valley to the … in 1873. 24 Both the heath and (until inclosure) the open fields provided coursing for the estate's tenants and other …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… only 40¼ a. in 1678, mostly comprising strips in the open fields. 17 The Revd. J. T. Hand exchanged the open-field land …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… for 15 ploughteams. 80 Three shifts, and perhaps three fields, may be implied by the mid 13th-century names of West and Middle fields, 81 but otherwise a regular three-field system never crystallized, and fields proliferated and were of irregular sizes. 82 On the …