Collins, T. and Higgs, K. (2009). Historic Building Recording, Barns at Woods Farm, Wood Row, Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex. Hertford: Archaeological Solutions Ltd. https://doi.org/10.5284/1003777. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Historic Building Recording, Barns at Woods Farm, Wood Row, Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex
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Series:		 Archaeological Solutions Ltd unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 In February 2009, Archaeological Solutions Ltd conducted a programme of historic building recording of former farm buildings. The recording revealed that along with nearby farms and tenurial holdings, the construction of The Woods is closely associated with the shrinkage and decline of Hatfield Forest in the period after 1650, with the break-down of the forest as a legal entity accorded official protection. At this time a number of new holdings grew up on its periphery. Overall, it seems that both barns belong to this period. Improvements in farming technology, specifically grassland husbandry, along with demand at market for grain and livestock in areas such as London, led to an increase in large farmsteads (Lake 1989) reflected in four good comparative examples of this date at The Grange in nearby Takeley. In terms of construction they represent the first steps towards a more scientific system of construction which would become universal in the 18th and 19th century. Building 7, though of little historic interest, reflects the culmination of this process of standardisation and efficiency, before it was superseded after the First World War by new materials and methods of building. The reuse of much timber in some of the later structures suggests that the farm had other buildings which were later adapted or incorporated into an expanded agricultural complex in the 19th century.
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Author:		 Tansy Collins
Kate Higgs
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Publisher:		 Archaeological Solutions Ltd
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Essex County Council Historic Environment Records (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2009
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Site: Barns at Woods Farm, Wood Row, Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex
Parish: HATFIELD BROAD OAK
District: Uttlesford
County: Essex
Country: England
Grid Reference: 553650, 218240 (Easting, Northing)
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UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) NONE (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) Two 17th Century Barns With Later Alterations And Additions (Monus)
BUILDING SURVEY (Event)
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OASIS Id: archaeol7-58006
OBIB: Report No 3260
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Created Date:		 23 Nov 2016