The Reclamation of Exmoor Revisited
Rethinking the Consequences of Nineteenth-Century Landscape Change
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Beschreibung
In 1818 the Royal Forest of Exmoor was sold by the Crown to the Worcestershire ironfounder John Knight. Through the nineteenth century the Knight family embarked on the largest upland reclamation scheme in southern England, on the biggest remaining area of uninhabited land. Their efforts were enormously costly, and only a partial success. The story of thwarted agricultural ‘improvement’ was told by C.S. Orwin’s ‘The Reclamation of Exmoor’, first published in 1929. With funding from The Leverhulme Trust, Henry French, Ralph Fyfe and Leonard Baker have undertaken a new study of the reclamation of the Royal Forest. Based on their findings, this book rewrites the reclamation of Exmoor in several ways.
Henry French is Professor of Social History at the University of Exeter, UK.
Leonard Baker is Research Associate at the University of Bristol, UK.
Ralph Fyfe is Associate Dean and Professor of Geospatial Information at the University of Plymouth, UK.
In 1818 the Royal Forest of Exmoor was sold by the Crown to the Worcestershire ironfounder John Knight. Through the nineteenth century the Knight family embarked on the largest upland reclamation scheme in southern England, on the biggest remaining area of uninhabited land. Their efforts were enormously costly, and only a partial success. The story of thwarted agricultural ‘improvement’ was told by C.S. Orwin’s ‘The Reclamation of Exmoor’, first published in 1929. With funding from The Leverhulme Trust, Henry French, Ralph Fyfe and Leonard Baker have undertaken a new study of the reclamation of the Royal Forest. Based on their findings, this book rewrites the reclamation of Exmoor in several ways.
Revises long-established and influential narratives of agrarian ‘improvement’ on nineteenth-century Exmoor Provides an extended comparison of historical evidence and palaeobotanical analyses for the first time Compares ideologies of agrarian improvement with changing farming practices in a specific location
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Henry French
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landscape history agricultural improvement historical ecology Moorlands internal colonialism palaeoecology
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“This short but impactful volume is an innovative multidisciplinary study of nineteenth- century landscape change on Exmoor, specifically land reclamation and its financial, environmental and cultural effects. … The book stems from a highly successful project, demonstrating the value of bringing together a team which spans the humanities, social and natural sciences, the result of which is this excellent book. The seamless collaboration apparent in the structure and writing of the volume is to be commended ... .” (John broad, Agricultural History Review, Vol. 73 (2), 2025)
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