This is a comprehensive history of Britain's woodlands. It is also a field guide that presents trees individually and as part of the landscape. From prehistoric times, through the Roman period and into the Middle Ages, the book describes the changing character, role and history of trees and woodland. Their subsequent decline until the present century is also studied, with chapters devoted to key themes, from commons and wood pasture, parks and wooded forests, to farms and hedgerows. It concludes with a section on the conservation and future of Britain's trees, woodlands and hedgerows.
- ISBN10 0460860976
- ISBN13 9780460860970
- Publish Date 25 March 1993 (first published 10 June 1976)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 11 April 1995
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Orion Publishing Co
- Imprint Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Edition 2nd Revised edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 236
- Language English