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An example of data recorded for a feature in Bingham.
Below is a display of the data in the database for Feature BIN.WIV24, a feature in Bingham, where the adjacent parish is Wiverton Hall. This is part of the Bingham parish boundary where oak trees had been planted for timber at intervals along the hedgerow, as shown in the photograph. The survey was undertaken by Bingham Heritage Trails Association.
Parish
Adjacent Parish
Feature type
If you have selected Other please give a feature type.
Boundary type - select any that apply.
Ancient
Modern civil
Modern ecclesiastical
Location of the feature: Please select Spot or Line
Spot
Line
Grid reference : 6 digits: 2 entries for Spot, 4 for Line
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Yellow background means your entry has less than 6 digits.
Easting start
Northing start
Easting end
Northing end
Altitude : 1 entry for Spot, 2 for Line
Altitude spot/line start
Altitude line end
Age:
Number of species per 30m:
Flora - select any that are present.
Ash
Crab apple
Damson
Dogwood
Field maple
Guilder rose
Hazel
Midland hawthorn
Oak
Purging buckthorn
Sallow
Small-leaved elm
Spindle
Wayfaring tree
Wild privet
Wych elm
Flora - additional details:
Blackthorn, hawthorn, rose, small-leaved elm, oak, elder, wych elm, ash, white willow.
There must be a description of the feature:
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2.5 m high, maintained hedge, but the top not cut. Mixed with long stretches of elm. Oak as trees. Probably this is self set. Mature trees include ash and oak. Some Norway maple and cherry have been planted in the last few decades.
Historical notes:
The boundary of Short Leaz, a meadow along the parish boundary in 1586. Oak and ash trees range in age up to 170 years.