Description of 24-B Introduction. The Village in Context
1. The 1851 census has limitations in that it cannot give a total perspective of the community. Nor can the information on this one village in Yorkshire give a general picture of all English villages. The question is; what gives a village its individuality?
2. The aim of the study is not to show Bramham as an example of any19th century English village but to study Bramham as__ a village in all its’ individuality.The geographical; and historical context of the village. Links to Fig 1, Fig 2 and Illus. 1
3. The brief Historical context continues ,(from pre conquest to mid 19th Century ).
The two dominant landlords were George Lane Fox and Lady Hedley Their vital importance to the village.
4. Landlords’ acreage (link to Fig 3). Agriculture is the key to the survival of Bramham. Climate and soil conditions assist the practise of mixed agriculture. By mid 19th century political and economic changes call for adaptation in farming.
5. It was a time of transition. Technology was advancing and the urban market expanding. Farming had to adapt.
6. Communications improved because of road and rail caused by huge growth in mechanisation. Link to Fig 4
7. Despite all social change taking place, Bramham retains the traditional ways of village life. Footnotes 1-7
8. Footnotes 8-12
9. One inch OS map 1849 of Bramham area
10. Fig 1 Notes on OS Map 1849
11. Enlargement of OS map showing position of Boston Spa and Clifford.
12. Enlargement of OS map showing position of Bramham
13. Sketch map showing road and rail links.
14. Pie Chart showing percentages of land held by landowners in 1843 .
Table showing approximate acreage held by landowners.
15. Fig 5 Railways of Yorkshire 1851
16. Table 1 Population of Leeds 1801-1861
Table 2 Population of W Riding. District of Tadcaster and the Registration County f Yorkshire
Table 3 Percentage increase of population in W Riding. District of Tadcaster and Yorkshire .
17. Table 4 Population of Bramham 1801-91. Table 5 Percentage increase /decrease of population of Bramham 1801-91.
18. Illus 1. Bramham 1985
Illus. 2 Gt. North Road looking south 1920 (poor quality)
19. Illustration as B19 but of slightly better quality.
20. Illus. 3 Agricultural land looking south
Illus 4 As above but looking north east. These views show little change in the landscape since 1851.
21. Illus. 5 Milestone
Illus 6 Toll House on Great North Road.
22. Illus.7 Bramham1920
Illus. 8 The same scene as Illus7 but taken in 1985.
23. Illus,9 The GreatNorth Road circa1914
Illus. 10 The village Square 1914
Illus 11 Tenter Hill circa 1900.
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