{"id":55473,"title":"Hedgerows and the Shape of Old Fields","description":"Walking along the footpaths that cross the Wirral countryside, the hedgerows often follow long straight lines across the land. &nbsp;At first they seem simply to divide one field from another.  But many of these boundaries are far older than they appear","content":"<p>Walking along the footpaths that cross the Wirral countryside, the hedgerows often follow long straight lines across the land.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>At first they seem simply to divide one field from another. But many of these boundaries are far older than they appear.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/yvxq2pl4kazdnigiwzl3pi4jptvccxmryufdf702ih4r8psy.jpg.jpg?w=1140&amp;v=2\" alt=\"yvxq2pl4kazdnigiwzl3pi4jptvccxmryufdf702ih4r8psy.jpg.jpg?w=1140&amp;v=2\" \/><\/p><p>Some mark the edges of farms that existed centuries ago, when the peninsula was divided into smaller strips of cultivated land. Over time the fields changed shape and ownership, yet many of the hedgerows remained.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Walking beside them today, it is easy to forget how long they have stood.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Yet the lines they draw across the fields often follow patterns first laid out hundreds of years ago.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The landscape quietly carries those older arrangements forward.<\/p>","urlTitle":"hedgerows-and-the-shape-of-old-fields","url":"\/blog\/hedgerows-and-the-shape-of-old-fields\/","editListUrl":"\/my-blogs","editUrl":"\/my-blogs\/edit\/hedgerows-and-the-shape-of-old-fields\/","fullUrl":"https:\/\/wirralwear.com\/blog\/hedgerows-and-the-shape-of-old-fields\/","featured":false,"published":true,"showOnSitemap":true,"hidden":false,"visibility":null,"createdAt":1773855234,"updatedAt":1773855311,"publishedAt":1773855310,"lastReadAt":null,"division":{"id":228867,"name":"Wirral Wear"},"tags":[{"id":4500,"code":"the-greengatherer-notes","name":"TheGreengathererNotes","url":"\/blog\/tagged\/the-greengatherer-notes\/"}],"metaImage":{"original":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/3frh8nvqgevlmy6bt8pjya1cnzcjbzyfqytqum5mgamjt89g.jpeg","thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/3frh8nvqgevlmy6bt8pjya1cnzcjbzyfqytqum5mgamjt89g.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/3frh8nvqgevlmy6bt8pjya1cnzcjbzyfqytqum5mgamjt89g.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"metaTitle":"","metaDescription":"","keyPhraseCampaignId":null,"series":[],"similarReads":[{"id":55321,"title":"Meols Shore \u2014 After the Tide","url":"\/blog\/from-the-greengatherers-notebook-meols-shore-after-the-tide\/","urlTitle":"from-the-greengatherers-notebook-meols-shore-after-the-tide","division":228867,"description":"Where Ships Once Gathered&nbsp;The shore at Meols can appear quiet now. &nbsp;At low tide the sea retreats a long way from the land, leaving wide flats of sand stretching toward the horizon.  Gulls drift above the shoreline and the wind moves softly across the grass","published":true,"metaImage":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/uizdhur8rbrdmm9nrcxtgrmbqdezpw3btyspciwf6tnozxfb.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/uizdhur8rbrdmm9nrcxtgrmbqdezpw3btyspciwf6tnozxfb.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"hidden":0},{"id":55323,"title":"Walking the Sands at Meols","url":"\/blog\/from-the-greengatherers-notebook-walking-the-sands-at-meols\/","urlTitle":"from-the-greengatherers-notebook-walking-the-sands-at-meols","division":228867,"description":"The tide had already begun to retreat when I reached the shore this morning. &nbsp;Along this stretch of coast near Meols the sea travels a long way out, leaving wide flats of sand stretching toward the horizon.  From the promenade the water can appear distant, almost like another shoreline far beyond the first","published":true,"metaImage":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/wvqa4xhh9wnvovruqbupv1xhfggic3t4qx0gkleat17pk8ek.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/wvqa4xhh9wnvovruqbupv1xhfggic3t4qx0gkleat17pk8ek.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"hidden":0},{"id":55472,"title":"The Ridge That Runs Through the Wirral","url":"\/blog\/the-ridge-that-runs-through-the-wirral\/","urlTitle":"the-ridge-that-runs-through-the-wirral","division":228867,"description":"Walking inland from the coast, the land gradually begins to rise. &nbsp;It is not a steep climb, but a long gentle lift that runs through the centre of the peninsula.  From certain paths along this higher ground, the view opens in two directions \u2014 west toward the Dee estuary and east toward the Mersey","published":true,"metaImage":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/ow5byqjh39nk7lqkotmrv8mpnfarvmurq7njdkdt8bq6lzez.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/ow5byqjh39nk7lqkotmrv8mpnfarvmurq7njdkdt8bq6lzez.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"hidden":0}],"labels":[]}