A Study of the Impact of Imparkment on the Social Landscape of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire from c1080 to 1760

by Twigs Way

From reading the title you may be wondering what 'imparkment' means. It is actually the conversion of land into parks, either by the owners of manorial estates or the church. Way's survey is mainly focused on the environmental effects and changes in the landscape that 'imparkment' brought about, though he does discuss social conflict that it caused. The bulk of the book consists of tables detailing documents relating to parks, a gazeteer of parks...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0860549097
• ISBN13: 9780860549093
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 2.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.3" x 11.7"