Finding NoYE/551/49
AuthorHayfield, Colin
Brough, Marie
TitleDewponds and pondmakers of the Yorkshire Wolds
Date1986
DescriptionDewponds are artificial, circular ponds about 50 feet or more in diameter, designed to provide drinking water for livestock. Contains a description of dewponds, their function and construction plus information about pondmakers, in particular the principal pondmakers on the Yorkshire Wolds, the Welburn family of Fridaythorpe
AbstractThe enclosure of Wold townships during the 18th and 19th centuries necessitated the provision of water on the Wold tops if the animals were to be pastured within the new fields.
TypeLocal Studies/Other
SeriesFolklife Series 1986
PubDate1986
Pagination[18p], diagrams, illustrations, maps, 30cm
NotesFrom 'Folklife Series' 1986, pp74-91
AccessStatusOpen
PlaceCodeNA1020
NA1793
NA1789
NA1280
SubjectLAND USE
WATER SUPPLIES
Places
CodeSet
NA1020YORKSHIRE EAST RIDING/YORKSHIRE EAST RIDING
NA1793TOWTHORPE/TOWTHORPE/WHARRAM PERCY/YORKSHIRE EAST RIDING
NA1789WHARRAM PERCY/WHARRAM PERCY/YORKSHIRE EAST RIDING
NA1280FRIDAYTHORPE/FRIDAYTHORPE/YORKSHIRE EAST RIDING
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