
Region and Place
A study of English rural settlement
Historic England (Publisher)
Published on 31. January 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
216 pages
978-1-85074-775-8 (ISBN)
Description
Using the data presented in their companion volume, An Atlas of Rural Settlement in England (2000), the authors offer preliminary explorations of some of the patterns revealed by comparing their new maps with the distribution of other types of landscape elements, archaeological sites and building styles.
These two studies represent the culmination of a decade of research for English Heritage's Monuments Protection programme. The Atlas defines the varied regional character of England's rural settlement and the former distribution of cleared land, wooded land and open pastures, a quilt with origins daing from one or two thousand years ago or more. This volume explores some of the complext interactions and negotiations between the physical and cultural factors that underlie both national patterns and local and regional contrasts.
These two studies represent the culmination of a decade of research for English Heritage's Monuments Protection programme. The Atlas defines the varied regional character of England's rural settlement and the former distribution of cleared land, wooded land and open pastures, a quilt with origins daing from one or two thousand years ago or more. This volume explores some of the complext interactions and negotiations between the physical and cultural factors that underlie both national patterns and local and regional contrasts.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Liverpool University Press
Illustrations
82 illustrations; 82 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 276 mm
Width: 219 mm
Weight
690 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85074-775-8 (9781850747758)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Figures
Tables
Acknowledgements
Author's Preface
1. Rural settlement in space and time
2. Land and people
3. Farming systems and landscape characteristics
4. The characteristics of place: cases and studies
5. The Central ProvinceL a reappraisal
6. Landscapes of old enclosure: the outer provinces
7. A synoptic view
Bibliography
Index
Tables
Acknowledgements
Author's Preface
1. Rural settlement in space and time
2. Land and people
3. Farming systems and landscape characteristics
4. The characteristics of place: cases and studies
5. The Central ProvinceL a reappraisal
6. Landscapes of old enclosure: the outer provinces
7. A synoptic view
Bibliography
Index