High Ash, South Anston
Introduction
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High Ash, South Anston
Image: © Mike Nield Taken: 9 Apr 2016
This lone ash tree is such a prominent feature just outside the village of South Anston in South Yorkshire that it gives its name to one of the streets there (High Ash Drive). It stands beside the bridleway leading down to the Chesterfield Canal and at the top of a hill known locally as "Mary Greaves". Just beyond the brow of the hill (towards the next tree), the path begins its steep descent to the valley floor, switching through a gap in the hedgerow into a narrow field known as "Long Acre" (1 furlong long x 1 chain wide, or 220 yards x 22 yards). In the Middle Ages, an acre was defined as being the amount of land that could be ploughed in a day by one man and a yoke of oxen. This image also appears on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/128783627@N03/29024784794/in/photostream/
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Image Location
Latitude
53.341096
Longitude
-1.222419