The Saxon Charter of North Newnton, Wiltshire: Interpreting the Landscape Then and Now

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

I've always found tiny brooks in the southern countryside to be very evocative of the past. Far more so than ancient hedgerows - although I also like those. With your insights from charters, even more so. Thanks again for another enjoyable video.

[@AllotmentFox]

Thank you. There weren’t really very many hedges. You used them to enclose an area to stop an8mals wandering and later to show everyone that your land was not subject to the law of the commons. Hedges = privatisation. Some may be very old but not many. The land was largely open until the enclosures with a smattering of woodland, not much more than today in many parts. The hays you see in city street names mean hedged enclosures and they came in early because urban centres needed privacy. So I have mixed feelings about hedges in the same way I feel about horses, they are class weapons. I am too much of an individualist to hate them but I recognise their symbolism.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

@@AllotmentFox yes, I don’t get excited by enclosure hedges - although they have become essential for nature in the intensively farmed areas - however, when you find a really old one, they are a bit special. There’s a 1,000 year old hedge below Whiteleaf Cross in the Chilterns. It’s much the same in the northwest - but with walls.

[@AllotmentFox]

Are you talking about the Black Hedge of Monks Risborough? I’m in, when shall we go?

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

@@AllotmentFox Hi Tom, I replied with a very definite yes to this, but my comment has disappeared. I suspect because I put an email in it. Let's do this. You can found my email in the about section on my channel. Look forward to it - wanted to look into that hedge for years!

[@JimBagby74]

I use alder for my guitar bodies sometimes. It's cheap and plentiful. Not entirely sure where it comes from. But it's a tricky wood to work with. It's knotty and has a tendency to warp and split. And quite often the boards at the lumberyard aren't suitable. I guess that's why it's economical. One advantage is that it's a closed grain species so it takes finish well.

[@AllotmentFox]

You're a luthier! Very cool. I binge watch an Irish carpenter on KZbin Shorts, I can't get enough of watching other people working with wood. You should do a video, show the world your craft

[@iainmc9859]

Another beautiful video. Although I've never come across a Gores before I'll now what it is in the future.

[@AllotmentFox]

Its normally gore, and normally has a triangular field or boundary or a bite into a river. You do find them but they dont often turn into street names like closes do, who wants to live on gore lane? Thanks for watching. It may be related to spear, one version of which is “gar”.

[@iainmc9859]

@@AllotmentFox My first lingual guess connection was to gorse, maybe because they have spikes, which I guess are triangular 🤷‍♂

[@tomrainboro3728]

It is also new to me - see the wikipedia entry for Kensington Gore in central London.