An Environmental History of Wildlife in England 1650-1950

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Figure 23 The Blickling estate in north Norfolk 118

Figure 24 The elimination of the pine marten and polecat in

England 125

Figure 25 The distribution of arable land in England and Wales,

c.1940 141

Figure 26 Harvesting at Marjoram’s Farm, South Walsham, Norfolk,

in the early twentieth century 142

Figure 27 Loading a game cart at Studley Royal, Yorkshire, in 1901 148

Figure 28 Kangaroos in the park at Tring, Hertfordshire, c.1900 149

Figure 29 The growth of London, 1850–1958 163

Figure 30 Changing land use in Middlesex, 1865–1955 164