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Broadland: Shaping marsh and fen

English

By (author): Alison Yardy Tom Williamson

Broadland, or the Broads, is a unique area of wetlands occupying the floodplains of a network of waterways in eastern Norfolk and north-eastern Suffolk, and which includes around forty shallow freshwater lakes. Since the nineteenth century it has been a major holiday destination, with countless visitors attracted by the seemingly timeless tranquillity of its rivers, fens and marshes. The area also provides a globally important habitat for numerous rare species of flora and fauna. But this is, nevertheless, very much a landscape shaped by its history, and even the broads themselves, the shallow lakes which give the area its name, are flooded peat-cuttings dating from the Middle Ages. This is the first new academic study of Broadland for many decades and uses the latest research to explore the making of this distinctive landscape. With contributions from a team of prominent East Anglian local historians, archaeologists and natural scientists, Tom Williamson and Alison Yardy explain how the marshes were reclaimed and the fens were managed, explore the development of drainage technology and discuss the impact of commerce, industry and tourism. The landscape of the adjacent uplands is also considered, in chapters examining subjects as diverse as vernacular architecture and monastic foundations, prehistoric archaeology and medieval parish churches. Broadlands environments everywhere bear the marks of past human exploitation; its landscapes have always been changing. And all this has profound philosophical implications for the practice of conservation in what is now a National Park. Highly readable and copiously illustrated, this authoritative account will be essential reading for all with an interest in the history and ecology of Broadland. But it will also appeal to those who simply want to know more about the forces that have shaped the character of an iconic British landscape. See more
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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 01 Nov 2024
  • Publisher: University of Hertfordshire Press
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781912260676

About Alison YardyTom Williamson

Tom Williamson is Emeritus Professor of Landscape History at the University of East Anglia. Alison Yardy is Senior Project Officer (Landscapes) at Norfolk County Council.

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