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 substantial map1 indicates the lands owned by the Sir Edward Bagot (1674-1712) in the Manor of Tachbrook, located just south of Warwick. The ancient manor of Tachbrook was initially ...
Local historians are well acquainted with the beautifully drawn and elaborate estate maps made for local landowners in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. They may be less familiar with ...
This map (by James Fish, dated 1691) outlines the lands owned by the Greville family in Cesters Over, located in the parish of Monks Kirkby, Warwickshire. The map indicates 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 ...
Domesday Books were compiled as a consequence of the Finance Act, 1910 in the period 1910 to 1915. They contain entries for each hereditament (property that can be inherited) in ...
Many of us, especially those with children or grandchildren of a certain age, will be familiar with the hit children’s television series Teletubbies. Teletubbies ran for several hundred episodes over ...
The Field is a series of photographs taken since 2005 in Welford on Avon, I wanted to show the changes in myself and the location.
I try to take a picture every ...