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THE MAKING OF THE ENGLISH LANDSCAPE

by W.G. Hoskins; Keith Thomas

Published by Folio Society. 1st thus. 2005

Nearly fine condition. Introduction by Keith Thomas. Yellow and brown pictorial cloth. B/w photos. xxix and 280 pages including index.

Minimal rubbing to cover edges. Small, light stain to one opening edge, a couple of tiny nicks and a small white mark to closed edge.

Stock no. 1321045

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Contents

  • Introduction
  • Author's Introduction
  • 1. The Landscape before the English Settlement
  • The Pre-Roman Landscape
  • Western Farmsteads and Fields
  • Roman Britain
  • 2. The English Settlement
  • Villages and their Fields
  • Hamlets
  • The Shape of Villages
  • Some Anglo-Saxon Estate Boundaries
  • The Scandinavian Settlement
  • 3. The Colonisation of Medieval England
  • The Landscape in 1086
  • The Clearing of the Woodlands
  • Marsh, Fen and Moor
  • Buildings in the Landscape
  • 4. The Black Death and After
  • The Abandonment of Villages
  • New Colonisation
  • New Buildings
  • 5. Tudor to Georgian England
  • The Landscape in 1500
  • The Enclosure of the Midland Fields
  • The Flowering of Rural England
  • Country Houses and Parks
  • 6. Parliamentary Enclosure and the Landscape
  • The Extent of the Enclosure
  • The Date of Parliamentary Enclosure
  • The New Landscape
  • The Fields
  • Hedgerows and Trees
  • Roads
  • Farmhouses
  • 7. The Industrial Revolution and the Landscape
  • The Early Industrial Landscape
  • Water-power and the Early Mills
  • Steam-power and Slums
  • 8. Roads, Canals and Railways
  • Roads
  • Canals
  • Railways
  • 9. The Landscape of Towns
  • The Planned Town
  • The Open-Field Town
  • The Market-Town
  • 10. The Landscape Today
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index

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