keith barnett buriton manor

The carriage was smashed to pieces. But however the system of co-ploughing may have had its influence in the distribution of the strips in the common fields, it seems more probable that this inter- mixture was originally due to the wish to equalize the shares of the tenantry. In much of the appeal site appeared to be bare ground, and vehicle tracks can be discerned leading to an area of hummocky ground that looks as if it contained tipped materials. John EADE labourer deposed that on Sunday Sept 19, he with his wife and son, fastened up the premises and went to Wyck to be ready for hopping the next morning. He told The Herald that the land had been used as a hop farm and that it was a "terrible mess" when he bought it as it was covered in dilapidated Nissen huts which were used to house seasonal hop pickers.

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