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Author: ROTHERHAM, IAN

Regional & national history

Published on 10 March 2013 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Shire Publications) in the United Kingdom as part of ‘the Shire Library’ series.

Paperback | 64 pages, 20 b/w; 50 col
208 x 149 x 5 | 170g

Though most of us will have enjoyed strolling through beautiful British woodlands, we might not be aware of the ancient – and often complex – origins of our surroundings. 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. Ian D. Rotherham here 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.