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This road is called Ox Drove and I have just rode away from the Woodbury Hill that in the medieval period was the biggest hiring fair and market in southern England.

Drovers were the Nomads of Rural Britain

December 7, 2023 Old Ways
Reconstructed Anglo-Saxon house at Butser Ancient Farm, Hampshire

The Rise of the Anglo-Saxons in England

December 5, 2023 Village
Clenston Manor, Dorset, was built in the 1400s and has been in the same family ever since.

The Role of the Manor in Medieval England

December 5, 2023 Buildings, Village
Behind the shop would be a “fold and garth”. A “fold” is an area for keep animals and a “garth” is another name for a garden. Food stuffs were often grown in the garths.

What is a Medieval Burgage Plot?

December 4, 2023 Village

England’s Ancient Holloways, What are They?

December 3, 2023 Landscape
By the 1820s, domestic production likely decreased to between 60,000 and 70,000 tons per year.

Oak Bark Was a Substantial Business From the 1600s

November 30, 2023 Old Ways
A likely semi-natural moot hill in the Giffordland Glen

What is an Anglo-Saxon Moot?

November 27, 2023 Ancient
Hampshire: The beautiful East Meon village blacksmith and his forge in 1902.

The Iconic Village Blacksmith and Forge

November 26, 2023 Village
Artist’s impression of an early medieval Anglo-Saxon fortress known as ‘burh’.

The History of Anglo-Saxon Wareham

November 24, 2023 Village
Icknield Way slightly quieter today that it was 2000 years ago.

Icknield Way, the Oldest Road in Britain?

November 24, 2023 Ancient

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