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Old hedge lines
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Old hedge lines

   Track verges
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Track verges

   Old oaks
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Old oaks

   Old meadow
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Old meadow

   Old clay pits
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Old clay pits

   Laying Hens
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Hedgerow restoration

   Cereals
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Cereal crops

  Woodland edge
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Woodland edge

   Farm buildings
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Farm buildings

  
Elm farm map Old hedge lines Track verges Old Oaks Old meadow Old clay pits Hedgerow restoration Cereal crops Woodland edge Farm buildings Old Hedge Lines

Old hedge lines

Around 220 years ago, the farm's Creek and Sunnyside fields were split into five fields - 'enclosed' with hedgerows as part of the agricultural revolution happening at the time. By 1843 six hedges had been removed, leaving only the oak trees to mark their location.

  • Oak trees are good for wildlife. They support over 400 bird, insect, mammal and lichen species.

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Ten thousand years ago, after the last ice age, birch, alder, willow and pine trees colonised Britain, to be joined, as the climate improved, by oak, elm and lime.
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