The open fields were dominant features of the landscape and agricultural organization of England for a millennium. The author explains the workings of the open fields before they were enclosed to form hedged fields.
Contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of Plates
- Lists of Figures and Tables
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 Open fields and their records
- 2 Open Field operation
- 3 Methods of reconstruction of Open Field Plans
- 4 Field types
- 5 The demesne
- 6 The medieval farm, the yardland
- 7 Land use and resources
- 8 Estates
- 9 Origins of open fields
- 10 Ashby St Ledgers
- Abbreviations
- Collections Consulted
- Appendix
- Gazetteer of field system types
- Abreviations and bibliography
- Glossary
- Index