This is the first published overview of the archaeology of urban common land. By recognising that urban common land represents a valid historical entity, this book contributes towards successful informed conservation. It contains a variety of interesting and illuminating illustrations, including contemporary and archive photographs. Historically, towns in England were provided with common lands for grazing the draft animals of townspeople engaged in trade and for the pasturing of farm animals in an economy where the rural and the urban were inextricably mixed. The commons yielded wood,...

So you have Just turned 40 realised you are not immortal so you quit smoking start trying to get fit and wondering what else you could do with your mid life crisis Well you will rebuild an old Land Rover that's been sat in a field for 16 years but not in a garage oh no that's for wimps you will be doing the full rebuild on your driveway exposed to the elements armed with only the knowledge a repair manual can give you along with some misguided enthusiasm. You then tell other folk who know much much more than you do on internet forums wait for the barrage of mick taking and abuse...the results...