Download or read book A History of the South Yorkshire Countryside written by David Hey and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2015-05-30 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: South Yorkshire has some of the most varied countryside in England, ranging from the Pennine moors and the wooded hills and valleys in the west to the estate villages on the magnesian limestone escarpment and the lowlands in the east. Each of these different landscapes has been shaped by human activities over the centuries. This book tells the story of how the present landscape was created. It looks at buildings, fields, woods and moorland, navigable rivers and industrial remains, and the intriguing place-names that are associated with them.