A
brief
introduction to the
Community
Landscape Project
work
in the South Hams area
The
South Hams is an area of rich agricultural land with green rolling hills,
patchwork fields of both regular and irregular layout. The winding high-sided
lanes work their way down to the coast passing through sheltered villages. There
is woodland but its very much nestled in the valleys out of the way of coastal
winds. The coastline is rugged cliffs and washed sandy beaches.
The South Hams saw the Community Landscapes project and volunteers mostly in
Bigbury village carrying out a survey of the village itself. The results of these
surveys can be found on the reports section of this
web site. There is however also contained within these pages 'historical
records' relating to; Bigbury and Aveton Gifford. This is mainly
the work of the volunteers who have transcribed the 1840s Tithe Map and
Apportionment records.
Below is a further selection of historical records gathered by Lucy Franklin as part
of her PhD.
![SH_DOMESDAY CHARTER 50.jpg (51573 bytes)](SH_DOMESDAY_CHARTER_50_small.jpg)
Map
showing early 1086 Domesday place names
![SH_settarea.jpg (47520 bytes)](SH_settarea_small.jpg)
Map
showing settlement pattern as seen on the 19th Century Tithe Maps for Bantham,
Thurlestone, West Buckland and Aunemouth
![SH_PARISHES.jpg (40585 bytes)](SH_PARISHES_small.jpg)
Map
showing parishes as shown on the 19th Century Bigbury Tithe Map
![SH_OwnBigonS.jpg (47802 bytes)](SH_OwnBigonS_small.jpg)
Map
showing the land ownership as shown on the 19th Century Bigbury Tithe Map
![SH_BigburySett.jpg (43009 bytes)](SH_BigburySett_small.jpg)
Map
showing the settlement pattern as shown on the 19th Century Bigbury Tithe Map
![SH_ThurOWN.jpg (77869 bytes)](SH_ThurOWN_small.jpg)
Map
showing land ownership as seen on the 19th Century Thurlestone Tithe
Map
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