The Wood that Built London: A Human History of the Great North Wood

di C.J. Schüler (Autore)

Sandstone Press Ltd, 2022

It is hard to imagine that the busy townscape of South London was once a great wood, stretching almost seven miles from Croydon to Deptford or that, scattered through the suburbs, from Dulwich to Norwood, a number of oak woodlands have survived since before the Norman Conquest. These woods were intensively managed for a thousand years, providing timber for construction, furniture and shipbuilding, and charcoal for London’s blacksmiths, kilns and bakeries. Now they afford important green space, a vital habitat for small mammals, birds and insects. In The Wood That Built London, historian C.J. Schüler draws on a wealth of documents, historic maps and environmental evidence to chart the fortunes of the North Wood from its earliest times: its ecology, ownership, management, and the gradual encroachment of the metropolis.

• Autore: C.J. Schüler
• Editore: Sandstone Press Ltd
• Anno: 2022
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 336 p.
• Dimensioni: 195 x 130 mm
• Peso: 255 gr.
• EAN: 9781914518164

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