In using documents to research landscape history and ecology, there are two related golden rules to observe:
In any conflict of evidence between what the landscape itself has to say and ...
Manuscript maps can offer a window into past landscapes and tithe maps are often one of the earliest detailed maps you might find for a parish. As well as showing ...
The tithe map for Grandborough is one of a handful of ‘first class’ tithe maps produced in Warwickshire, as opposed to the majority of ‘second class’ tithe maps. As well as the ...
This highly detailed map (by William James and Assistants) illustrates the properties owned by the Earls of Warwick in Warwick at the opening of the nineteenth century. It is presumed ...