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Much of the UK was deforested at a minimum hundreds of years ago, and often thousands of years ago. Today, England is about 13% forest, and back in 1086 when th
by dukeyukey 3y ago
Much of the UK was deforested at a minimum hundreds of years ago, and often thousands of years ago. Today, England is about 13% forest, and back in 1086 when the Domesday Book was written it was about 15%.
Basically, this isn't new. At all.
- jjtheblunt 3y agoHow did they get numbers for percentage just after the norman conquest? Im imagining aerial maps for current measurements
- marcus_holmes 3y agoThey went around to every single village and town and asked them. The Doomsday book (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesday_Book https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesday_Book) is fascinating because of its thoroughness and completeness at such an early time.
- jjtheblunt 3y agoThanks! Definitely fascinating