In the morning meeting we were treated to a wonderful presentation by David Lovelace of his ongoing passion and research into the commons. He has kindly allowed me to share the PowerPoint here for those that missed it and those (all of us!) that would like to revisit it. He had asked for the names of the commons that participants are interested in and had geared his presentation around these too. I feel so lucky to have his expertise and sense he is pleased that the material is being explored. David has also shared his files on the shapes of the commons so a soon as I have downloaded the appropriate software, I should be able to print these out if required by researchers in the group. I feel that I need a timeline of the different historical maps that followed each other, so will endeavour to make a timeline.
At the end of the morning session after most of the group had gone I had the chance to see Viv’s early work investigating Bishops Meadow.
In the afternoon, Mary had some initial investigations to share too about Big Million and Little Million Common (No. 100).
Finally our Thanks to HARC regular volunteer Rex for joining us in the afternoon and sharing his knowledge about Westhope Common.
Walking the Commons 