Reference
PLD1/5
Title
Conservation Areas
Date free text
c. 1949
Production date
From: 1949 To: 1955
Scope and Content
Conservation areas - 13 pages listing places considered by Beds Natural History Society to be worthy of conservation, with detailed justifications, names of occupiers, acreages and a thorough list of flora, birds and insects present at each site:
Ampthill, Coopers Hill
Aspley Heath, ponds on Wavendon Heath
Barton Hills
Cockayne Hatley Wood
Colmworth, the Wilderness
Eaton Socon, water meadows
Elstow, Kempston Hardwick disused brick pit
Flitwick Moor
Heath and Reach, Kings Wood, Rushmore Heath and Bakers Wood
Keysoe, Park Wood
Knotting, West Wood
Marston Moretaine, Marston Thrift
Oakley, Judge’s Spinney
Podington, Great Hayes Wood
Potton Wood
Sharnbrook/Felmersham, gravel pits
Shillington, Deacon Hill and Knocking Hoe
Southill, Rowney Warren
Stevington Bogs
Tingrith, Westoning Moor
Toddington, woods at Fancott
Totternhoe, Cow Common and the Knolls
Whipsnade, Deadmansey and Oldhill Woods, and the Heath
use in conjunction with county map of conservation areas ABOVE
Level of description
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