| Broad Historic Character | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Commercial |
Horticulture |
Residential |
Woodland |
| Communications |
Industrial |
Water
Bodies |
all
others |
| Enclosed
Land |
Institutional |
Unenclosed
Land |
|
| Extractive |
Ornamental,
Parkland and Recreational |
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- In the medieval period the west of the region was dominated by large tracts of open moorland, mirrored by large wetland landscapes in the east.
- Settlements were a mix of scattered farmsteads and small nucleated villages that often contained a manor house and sometimes with a church.
- The nucleated settlements were often surrounded by a series of open fields although there were also small irregular fields taken in from former woodland in upland areas. There were also large areas of unenclosed common through the district.
- Large enclosed deer parks were also a feature of the landscape.