Old Denshire/Barn Field/New Denshire
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Old Denshire/Barn Field/New Denshire
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 27 Aug 2013
The name of the fields according to Clapham's 1843 tithe map viewed from Image The large field runs immediately to the north of the A280 with Old Denshire adjacent to the lane, Image lying behind Image and New Denshire abutting the parish boundary with Findon represented in the far distance by the hedgerow running north to south. Beyond is Church Hill. Denshire derives from 'Devonshiring' a method of fertilizing poor soils with burning.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.858681
Longitude
-0.442325