From medieval times, woodlands were carefully managed commodities with hotly contested resources: conflicting demands from landowners, the Crown, the peasantry and local and national wood-based industries have all left their marks on today's woodland. The author explains the various uses of British woods and their industries, such as coppicing, charcoal-burning, basket-making and bodging, and helps the reader to seek out the clues to their woodland's past.
Paperback
64 pages
ISBN: 9780747811657
Publisher: - Shire Publications - more
Code: - ISBN: 9780747811657
Year: - 2013
Authors: - Ian Rotherham