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9781904356332: A History of the County of Somerset: The Poldens and the Levels (8)
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ISBN 10 : 1904356338 ISBN 13 : 9781904356332
Editeur : Victoria County History, 2004

Synopsis

Somerset's Polden hills divide the county's central marshlands, Sedgemoor to the south and the Brue Valley to the north. Traces of human activity there include wooden trackways built across those marshes six thousand years ago. Most of the written sources tell the story of men from settlements on the nearby hills or isolated 'islands' who looked to those low-lying lands for food and fuel for themselves and food for their stock. Those sources, dating from the late Saxon period and particularly rich in the middle ages, derive largely from the archives of the former abbey of Glastonbury, main landowner in the eighteen parishes of this volume.
Pastoral farming dominated and still dominates, its early progress due to successful drainage and flood-prevention schemes, one of the largest dating from the late twelfth century. Each parish has its own long story: of Glastonbury-planned origins at Shapwick and perhaps also at Catcott, Edington, and Chilton Polden; of trade along the tidal river Parrett at Huntspill and Puriton (Dunball); of the gradual expansion of the 'island' farmers of Westonzoyland, Middlezoy and Othery into the surrounding marsh; of the long-enduring common arable fields at High Ham; of the rise and fall of peat digging.
ROBERT DUNNING is County Editor, Victoria County History of Somerset.
Forthcoming: IX: Glastonbury and Street

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Somerset's Polden hills divide the county's central marshlands, Sedgemoor to the south and the Brue Valley to the north. Traces of human activity there include wooden trackways built across those marshes six thousand years ago. Most of the written sources tell the story of men from settlements on the nearby hills or isolated 'islands' who looked to those low-lying lands for food and fuel for themselves and food for their stock. Those sources, dating from the late Saxon period and particularly rich in the middle ages, derive largely from the archives of the former abbey of Glastonbury, main landowner in the eighteen parishes of this volume. Pastoral farming dominated and still dominates, its early progress due to successful drainage and flood-prevention schemes, one of the largest dating from the late twelfth century. Each parish has its own long story: of Glastonbury-planned origins at Shapwick and perhaps also at Catcott, Edington, and Chilton Polden; of trade along the tidal river Parrett at Huntspill and Puriton (Dunball); of the gradual expansion of the 'island' farmers of Westonzoyland, Middlezoy and Othery into the surrounding marsh; of the long-enduring common arable fields at High Ham; of the rise and fall of peat digging. ROBERT DUNNING is County Editor, Victoria County History of Somerset. Forthcoming: IX: Glastonbury and Street

Revue de presse

One of the delights of the VCH is the detail it provides on some of the backwaters and byways of agricultural history. A splendid achievement. --Agricultural History Review

Maintains the high standards of other recent Somerset volumes. Produced to an excellent standard [with] a fine range of well-reproduced photographs. ... This volume represents an important piece of scholarship on an important piece of landscape, and will remain a valuable resource for future research. --Landscape History

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Éditeur
Victoria County History
Date d'édition
2004
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1904356338
ISBN 13 
9781904356332
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
264
Éditeur
Dunning R. W.
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Personne responsable
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