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History Theses 1970-2014: Historical research for higher degrees in the universities of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland
… Zimbabwe, with particular reference to the Zambezi teak woodland of northwestern Matebeleland, 1890-1960. Kwashirai, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Land set aside had either to be left fallow, planted as woodland, or used for certain specified non-agricultural … sites: typical payments were those for agreed methods of woodland management, for leaving grassland unploughed or …
A History of the County of Oxford
… no sign of labour becoming scarce, many acres of woodland were grubbed up. Such lands have, however, gradually …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… land and to permanent grass, and by the clearance of woodland by and for the cattle and sheep of the dairymen and … land, but much of the inclosure was directly from woodland and rough grazing. Hedging and ditching were great … of ponds and bridges. To create such closes from heath and woodland inevitably enriched the country and peopled it with …
A History of the County of Somerset
… demolished in the later 20th. At Holcombe in 1086 15 a. of woodland were recorded. 19 Field names current in the 19th century suggest former coppices and woodland cleared and converted to arable. 20 In 1791 the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… which 434 acres are arable, 287 pasture and meadow, and 20 woodland. A stock and pleasure fair is held on June 22nd. The …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Albourne woods were presumably in the south, where most woodland lay later. 18 In 1838 there were 120 a. of woods in …
A History of the County of Sussex
… The Albourne manor demesne farm had 316 a., including woodland, c. 1265. 65 In 1743, when it was called Albourne …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 5037 acres are arable, 839 meadow and pasture, and 226 woodland; the surface generally is undulated, and the quality … 4130 acres, of which 731 are arable, 550 pasture, 130 woodland, 20 acres sites and gardens, 19 hops, and 2700 …
A History of the County of Northampton
… its enlargement in 1532, provided Alderton with its only woodland. Its importance in this respect is reflected in the … in 1580, a 21-year lease of several parcels of wood and woodland, totalling 90 a., in Potterspury, Alderton and … at 40 s. a year in 1066 and 50 s. in 1086, also contained woodland three furlongs in length and breadth. 18 An unnamed …