Beresford, M. W. (1992). `The spade might soon determine it': the representation of deserted medieval villages on Ordnance Survey plans, 1849--1910. Agr Hist Rev 40 (1). Vol 40(1), pp. 64-70.
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`The spade might soon determine it': the representation of deserted medieval villages on Ordnance Survey plans, 1849--1910 | |||
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Issue The name of the volume or issue |
Agr Hist Rev 40 (1) | |||
Series The series the publication or report is included in |
Agricultural History Review | |||
Volume Volume number and part |
40 (1) | |||
Page Start/End The start and end page numbers. |
64 - 70 | |||
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Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report |
From its earliest days the Ordnance Survey had an interest in recording the earthworks of antiquity. For the large-scale plans the information gathered from the surveyors in the field was supplemented by correspondence with knowledgeable local scholars. The earthworks from medieval villages although numerous were generally ignored except for the East Riding of Yorkshire where, largely through the interest of Captain John Bayly, the first edition of the six-inch map detailed twenty-five sites. At the revisions of 1890--1909 the interpretation of these earthworks came into question: the replies of local correspondents, surviving in the OS archive, show considerable scepticism but the better informed invoked documentary sources, while one -- in a phrase embodied in the title of this article -- urged arbitration by excavation, a course which medieval archaeology has eventually followed. | |||
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published |
1992 | |||
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BIAB
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20 Jan 2002 |
