Bibliography:
Pevsner: The Buildings of England.
West Riding.
Nottinghamshire.
Derbyshire.
Arthur Mee:
The King's England: West Yorkshire.
Exploring England's Heritage - Yorkshire and Humberside.
Melvin Jones - Trees and Woodland in the South Yorkshire Landscape.
www.british-wild-flowers.co.uk
Woodland Trust - Tree ID app.
RSPB Bird identifier
Glossary :
PRW - Public Right of Way
SSSI - Site of Special Scientific Interest
Magnesian Limestone Formations.
Roxby
Brotherton
Edlington
Cadeby
Architectural Periods
Norman (Romanesque) - 11th century
Early English - c1190 - 1270
Decorated - c1270 - 1350
Perpendicular - c1350 - 1530
Renaissance - 16th -17th century
Gothic revival - 19th century
The National Grid:
The Ordnance Survey's map legend tells you all you need to know but remember East first, then North. Or, along the corridor and up the stairs.
Dating Hedgerows.
Hooper's Law. (from Max Hooper who defined it).
Take a 30m length of hedge. Count the number of species and multiply by 100. Do this three times and take the average. So if 5 species are present then the hedge i about 500 years old.
However this can only be a rough guide, but it can separate ancient hedges from later ones.
Umbellifers.
I think that the more acceptable name these days is the Apiaceae. These include Queen Anne's lace or cow parsley, hedge parsley, hog weed, celery, carrot, hemlock and many herbs. They are all similar in appearance and distinguished by the varying delicacy of their leaves, their height and the time of year. I'll call them by the common name of umbellifers.
The Country Code:
Enjoy the countryside and respect its life and work
Guard against all risk of fire
Leave all gates as you found them
Keep your pets under close control
Keep to public paths across farmland
Use gates and stiles to cross fences, hedges and walls
Leave livestock, crops and machinery alone
Take your litter home
Help to keep all water clean
Protect wildlife, plants and trees
Take special care on country roads
Make no unnecessary noise
Acknowledgments.
Beth, Sally, Carolyn and Maggy who have done some of the walks and provided valuable proof reading
Beth for a great deal of technical advice.
The many footpaths officers in the various local authorities who gave helpful advice.
www. geograph.org.uk where I was able to select from an enormous collection of photographs and use them under a Creative Commons Licence.
and the Ordnance Survey of course.