Land at Sutton Clough, (Sutton Hall Estate) was conveyed to the Parish Council in November 1933 (approved 1934) together with maps and fishing rights in Lumb Clough dated 1963. Mr. Ernest Turner donated the gift of land to the Parish Council for the benefit of the public. Six and half acres, part of the Sutton Hall Estate and adjoining Sutton Clough and a right of way from the lodge gates up the carriage drive. |
| English nature undertook an Inventory of Ancient and semi-Natural Woodland in Craven in 1987.The table below is an extract from the Inventory. The entry for each wood gives (in order from left to right), the parish in which most of the wood is situated, the name of the wood; its grid reference; land area figure in columns A-E which relate to various classifications of the wood (see below), and finally the reasons for any areas noted in column E as being cleared. |
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The five classifications relating to woodland areas from the Inventory by English nature are:-
Column A: The area of ancient woodland shown on the O.S. First Edition 1:25000 maps in 1909.
Column B: The area of woodland still existing at the time of English Nature Inventory in 1987.
Column C: The area which has been classified as semi-natural woodland by 1987 Inventory
Column D: The area which has been classified as plantation by 1987 Inventory
Column E: The area which has been cleared since the O. S. First Edition 1:25000 maps were made in 1909. |
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N.B All the areas are in hectares. |
Parish |
Name |
Grid Ref |
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B |
C |
D |
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Reason for Clearance |
Sutton in Craven |
Lumb Clough |
SE 04 008 429 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
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Ancient Woodland and Semi-Natural Woodland |
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Ancient woodlands are those which have had a continuous woodland cover since at least 1600 AD to the present day and have only been cleared for underwood or timber production. It is likely however that a wood which was in existence in 1600, had already been in existence for centuries.
The term semi-natural woodland applies to all woodland stands which do not obviously originate from planting. They can be classified into stand types which are ecologically distinct associations of trees, shrubs and herbs determined by edaphic (soil characteristics), climatic |
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