Title: Deer and Deer Farming in Medieval England Series: British Agricultural History Society Author: Jean Birrell Pages: 15 Analyses the "farming" of deer in the deer parks established and managed for those of high rank, such as the Prince Bishops of Durham, who had a Hunting Forest in Weardale and who are referenced in this article. Download...
Category - Land ownership and land use in Weardale
Title: Land ownership in Theory and Practice: Case Studies from the North Pennines in the 19th and 20th Centuries Series: Durham University Doctoral Thesis in the Department of Geography 1990 Author: Olivia J Watson Pages: 447 Examines the way in which landownership has influenced rural development in the past and can exert an influence today. ...
Title: Settlement and Economy in the Forest and Park of Weardale 1100-1800 Series: University of Durham thesis for Master of Arts 1977 Author: Peter Lonsdale Bowes Pages: 241 A study of land use in Upper Weardale from the medieval colonisation to the end of the 18th C. , charting the effects of lead mining on the dale's occupation and economy and...