It represents the progress of disforestation since the early Neolithic and the presumed correspondence with the pattern of interglacial substages. |
Until the disforestation of Wychwood, Leafield was surrounded by woodland and developed as an isolated village, distinctly different in character from the surrounding area. |
Chiefly for this reason the malt kilns were in 1549 closed for two years and a survey of disforestation for eight miles around was instituted. |