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VESSEY PASTURE ; THE DEVELOPMENT OF A YORKSHIRE WOLD FARMSTEAD By Colin Hayfield A : INTRODUCTION As in other parts ... last thirty years have seen a rapid decline in the fortunes of traditional farm buildings on the Yorkshire Wolds .
VESSEY PASTURE ; THE DEVELOPMENT OF A YORKSHIRE WOLD FARMSTEAD By Colin Hayfield A : INTRODUCTION As in other parts ... last thirty years have seen a rapid decline in the fortunes of traditional farm buildings on the Yorkshire Wolds .
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C : ENCLOSURE AND THE FIRST FARMSTEAD In 1750 the bulk of the land in this area of the Wolds was still unbroken pasture , ' scarce ... The natural nutrients of the shallow Wold soils were always easily exhausted by prolonged cultivation ...
C : ENCLOSURE AND THE FIRST FARMSTEAD In 1750 the bulk of the land in this area of the Wolds was still unbroken pasture , ' scarce ... The natural nutrients of the shallow Wold soils were always easily exhausted by prolonged cultivation ...
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Similar surveys are slowly being assembled by the Wharram Research Project for other neighbouring High Wold farms , and together they are beginning to build up a detailed picture of farming and farm - life at a time when major changes ...
Similar surveys are slowly being assembled by the Wharram Research Project for other neighbouring High Wold farms , and together they are beginning to build up a detailed picture of farming and farm - life at a time when major changes ...
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Contents
PREHISTORIC HABITATION SITES AT GRASSINGTON NORTH YORKSHIRE | 1 |
LOST NEOLITHIC AND BRONZE AGE FINDS FROM MIXENDEN NEAR HALIFAX | 25 |
A SILVER APPLIQUÉ FROM ST MARY BISHOPHILL SENIOR YORK | 61 |
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