Pen and Sword Books: Trees and Woodland in the South Yorkshire Landscape by Melvyn Jones

A Natural, Economic and Social History

Trees and Woodland in the South Yorkshire Landscape (2 reviews)

A Natural, Economic and Social History

by Melvyn Jones
Imprint: Wharncliffe Books
Found in: Local History Books
Yorkshire and Humberside Books
Paperback
192 pages
ISBN: 9781845631505
Published: 9 July 2012

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If you stop and look around you will see trees everywhere: not only in woods and plantations, in parks and gardens and in hedges but also along streets, beside motorways, on old colliery sites, around reservoirs, in the centre of villages and larger urban settlements and standing alone or in small groups in such diverse places as churchyards, in the middle of fields or on high moorlands.

This authoritative and copiously illustrated book guides the reader to an understanding of the natural, economic and social history of the woodlands, semi-natural and planted, and the trees, native and introduced, that grace the South Yorkshire landscape and give it much of its beauty and character.

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Those living outside Yorkshire tend to still think of its south region as being mainly an industrial and mining area and yet Sheffield is the most wooded city in the country and the region is... [read full review]

Gazette & Herald

To help you find your woods and appreciate them to the maximum extent, try Melvyn Jones' latest book 'Trees and Woodland in the South Yorkshire Landscape'.

This is the ultimate guide to... [read full review]

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