Hey, D. and Rodwell, J. (2006). Wombwell:. Landscapes 7 (2). Vol 7(2), pp. 24-47.
 Title The title of the publication or report |
Wombwell: | |||
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Subtitle The sub title of the publication or report |
the landscape history of a South Yorkshire coalfield township | |||
Issue The name of the volume or issue |
Landscapes 7 (2) | |||
Series The series the publication or report is included in |
Landscapes | |||
Volume Volume number and part |
7 (2) | |||
Page Start/End The start and end page numbers. |
24 - 47 | |||
Biblio Note This is a Bibliographic record only. |
Please note that this is a bibliographic record only, as originally entered into the BIAB database. The ADS have no files for download, and unfortunately cannot advise further on where to access hard copy or digital versions. | |||
Publication Type The type of publication - report, monograph, journal article or chapter from a book |
Journal | |||
Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report |
An interdisciplinary approach combining archival research and the use of field names with fieldwork and an understanding of the ecology allows the reconstruction of the landscape and farming economy of a South Yorkshire township before the development of the coalfield brought huge changes in the nineteenth century. Although no manorial or estate papers survive, two Tudor surveys, the archives of Trinity College, Cambridge, glebe terriers, and a tithe award and map are used to describe the pattern of open fields, river meadows, moors, assarts and a communal wood. Of particular interest is the way that the extensive flood-plain was drained and farmed in communal ings, which made Wombwell `an extent of agricultural ground remarkably rich and fertile'. No formal enclosure took place, as most of the township came under single ownership, but with the sale of the estate in lots in the late-eighteenth century considerable changes in ownership and farming practices were introduced. These are examined through nineteenth- and twentieth-century crop returns and farm surveys held at the National Archives. Since the collapse of the coal-mining industry, regeneration projects have altered the landscape again and destroyed some of its inherited distinctiveness. | |||
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published |
2006 | |||
Locations Any locations covered by the publication or report. This is not the place the book or report was published. |
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Source Where the record has come from or which dataset it was orginally included in. |
BIAB
(The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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Created Date The date the record of the pubication was first entered |
29 Jan 2007 |
