The history of monasteries, nunneries and friaries, and of the land they controlled and farmed, is an important element in landscape history as, although it seems distant from modern life, it can bring to light issues of building management, land management and, indeed, people management that can have parallels in 21st century life. Two important […]
Monastic history Hull and the East Riding. Read More »
The point about today’s and yesterday’s photos is that they are of a 500 sq. yard allotment I have recently taken-on on Clough Road allotment site. Last year I worked a small allotment on the same site and got the little plots winter dug ready for spring planting. However, this one became available and I
At a local level, Hull City Council owns 22 allotment sites across the City in which are over 1800 plots. As with other local authorities (I think) a ‘plot’ is oblong in shape and covers 250 square yards. As previously stated this is much more flexible than in the past, and indeed at the other
A break from the Allotments theme for this blog at least. Recently have been in contact with John Netherwood who, with the help of Mrs. Netherwood, have compiled the programme for Hull and Beverley for the annual Heritage week in September, and have done so for many years. In 2020 most of the planned events
Swans and an inventory. Read More »
Today’s blog starts with a picture of a delightful allotment plot in Prague, Czech Republic, this copied from the Allotments site on Wikipedia – this site focusses on allotment allocation around the world, giving the whole issue a global perspective. Continuing the 20th century history of English allotments (s.p.b.) we come to the important Land
Allocations of land so that ‘all men’ might have their connection with the land has been a recurring theme of radical movements in History, these often alarmed at the growing disconnect between ordinary people and land ownership – this was the case, for example, during the Peasants Revolt of the 14th century, of the ‘Diggers’