The Lincolnshire Wolds
By: edited by David Robinson
Publisher: Windgather Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford, UK; Oakville, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 146
ISBN-13: 9781905119264
Subjects: Landscape archaeology; Land use; Landscapes; Historical geography; History
Description: "The chalk-capped Lincolnshire Wolds contain the highest land between Yorkshire and Kent, affording enormous views to Lincoln Cathedral, to the sea and over the fens. Most of the Wolds was designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in 1973, and this is the first book of its kind to focus on an AONB and its setting as a living and working landscape. It contains a collection of 14 essays and nine vignettes about geology and scenery, landscape history and management, farming, bomber stations, biodiversity, tourism and the Wolds countryside in literature and art. It is illustrated by nearly 100 photographs, paintings, maps and diagrams."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-141) and index.
Table of contents: title: The shaping of the Wolds / David Robinson; title: The Wolds before AD 1000 / Mark Bennet; title: Medieval desertion / Rex Russell; title: High farming on the Wolds / Charles Rawding; title: Parliamentary enclosure / Rex Russell; title: Transport in the Wolds / Neil Wright; title: Holes in the Wolds / David Robinson; title: The Wolds at war / Terry Hancock; title: The Wolds in literature and art / Terry Miller; title: Changes on the farm / David Hill; title: Restoring biodiversity / Ted Smith; title: Leisure and tourism in the Wolds / Penny Baker; title: Birth of the AONB / Ray Taylor; title: Managing the AONB / Steve Jack.