Below, in the dale, lay the villages with their clustered farmsteads and their square-towered churches of Norman foundation.
It was an eight-roomed farmstead, with no modern conveniences.
Scattered farmsteads, each with a clump of trees, relieved the monotony of the undulating ground.
The lonely farmstead on the uplands had been till now a very happy and tranquil home.
The farmstead consists of both house and yard, and can have a life span that covers multiple building phases of the farmhouse itself.
It is the one of every-day existence with its farmsteads, villages and towns, its road network, fields and wilderness.
Earlier ' exclusions ' of those not living in ' ancient farmsteads ' can be traced back to the fourteenth century.
