Regional identity in the lake counties: Land tenure and the cumbrian landscape

Northern History

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-48

  Winchester, Angus J L ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural revolution; Cumbria; Demesnes; Land tenure; Landscape; Yeoman

Indexed keywords

EID: 60949811103     PISSN: 0078172X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174587005X38408     Document Type: Article

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