Yorkshire's Forgotten Fenlands.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rotherham, Ian D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

York Castle (York, England)--History--19th century.

Local Subjects:

York Castle (York, England)--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

: Wharncliffe, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Yorkshire' Forgotten Fens' is a history of the cultural landscape of the wetlands of the Humber basin and the entire county of Yorkshire stretching from the Humber and north Lincolnshire through the Vale of York, through South Yorkshire and Holderness, to Pickering and beyond. The book draws together the story of a changing landscape, the lost cultures and ways of life, and the wildlife that has gone too.With the final chapter closing on the new wet fenland landscapes which are now emerging and presenting current visions and challenges for these truly evocative of landscapes, this is a book ba

Contents:

""Title Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Short biography""; ""Notes about contents and scope:""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""FOREWORD""; ""Chapter One - Introducing Yorkshire�s Forgotten Fens""; ""Water, Water Everywhere . . .""; ""Modern Times""; ""The Former Wetlands and their Fates""; ""A Landscape Transformed""; ""A Wetland Lost From Memory""; ""The Final Nail in the Coffin""; ""The Northern Fens of Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire""; ""Remembering the Great Inundations""; ""Chapter Two - The Fens of South Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire""

""A Great Fen""""The Development of the Humber Wetlands""; ""A Rich Environment for Wildlife and People""; ""Settlement in the Yorkshire Fens""; ""Turbaries and Turves""; ""A Land of Lakes, Pools and Meres""; ""Productive Landscapes""; ""Chapter Three - The Wetlands of Holderness and the Hull Valley""; ""A Vanished Waterscape""; ""The Beginnings of Improvement""; ""A Time of Improvement""; ""The Holderness Marshes and Carrs in the 1700s and 1800s""; ""The Final Stages""; ""Chapter Four - York and the Vale of York""; ""Drainage Comes at Last""; ""Chapter Five - The Vale and Lake of Pickering""

""An Introduction to Lake Pickering and its History""""The Wetlands of the Vale of Pickering""; ""Water and Landscape History""; ""The Drainage""; ""More Recent Times""; ""Chapter Six - Draining and Improving Yorksire�s Fens""; ""Science and Landscape""; ""Dutch, French and Flemish Connections in Yorkshire�s Fens""; ""The Fenland Drainage""; ""The Early Drainage""; ""The First Large-scale Drainage""; ""The Progress of �Improvement�""; ""Draining South Yorkshire�s Biggest Carr""; ""Smeaton and the Fens of Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire""

""Drainage Across the Wider Yorkshire Fens""""Chapter Seven - How Yorkshire�s Fens Fared from the Victorians to Today""; ""The Final Stages of Reclamation""; ""A Unique Resource""; ""The Fate of the Northern Fens""; ""Thorne and Hatfield Moors""; ""A Little History""; ""Bunting�s Beavers: The First Environmental Activists""; ""A Re-birth""; ""Chapter Eight - Flesh from the Bones: Yorkshire�s Fenland and Peat Cutters""; ""Fenland Peat Cutting in Yorkshire and north Lincolnshire""; ""Chapter Nine - Conclusions: Climate-proofing a County �Yorkshire�s Fenlands and Flooding""

""Lessons of History""""Landscape Change""; ""Agricultural Drainage""; ""The Catchment of the Yorkshire Fens""; ""Climate, Weather and Floods""; ""Flood Risk and Positive Planning""; ""Effective Responses""; ""Planning for Sustainable Solutions""; ""Bibliography and References""; ""Index""

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781783401420

1783401427

9781783408702

1783408707

OCLC:

854974972