What does Wolds land mean?

[Renaultman]

Best soil you could get was from Brigg sugar beet factory before it closed.

We used to pick it up from York. Bit different to the stuff we have around here

 

[Princess Pooper]

@yellowbelly I consider the land on the way to Skegness the marsh. Good grassland at one time which would fatten cattle. Grandfather used to take land down there for the summer and walk the cattle down and back. My brother once did the Skegness to Horncastle walk in Hobnail boots. All the lads in there fancy trainers looked at him and said 'your not walking in those!' Brother said 'My father and Grandfather did it in this type of boot and so shall I.' He only had a couple of small blisters while others had much worse!!
WB

I was involved in some research for this project on the grazing marsh - absolutely fascinating. https://www.lincsmarshes.org.uk/

 

[yellowbelly]

I was involved in some research for this project on the grazing marsh - absolutely fascinating. https://www.lincsmarshes.org.uk/

There's quite a few inland areas of Lincolnshire that have been returned to grazing as part of various environmental schemes in recent years too.
We're involved in a couple.......
This one, once in arable production, is now established as a wetland nature reserve....

The Greylag geese usually start to turn up in big numbers around August time.

This one, according to the blurb, is the largest area of untouched lowland heathland that's left in England.......

 

[Hindsight]

Interesting thread. Many thanks for the photos and explanations always fascinating. Link below to add to thread.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wolds

 

[Lowland1]

I was involved in some research for this project on the grazing marsh - absolutely fascinating. https://www.lincsmarshes.org.uk/

Having passed O level Geography so easily I decided to do A level Geography after all how could it be the exam would probably be a picture of our farm and i'd have to describe what went on. However in our upper sixth we went on a week's field course to Frieston near Boston and amongst other things we did was examine the salt marsh next to the Sea Wall at Leverton. This was being grazed by a herd of cattle all of a sudden these cattle turned tail and left the marsh and got up on the Sea bank leaving us on the marsh wondering what was up. Then we looked at the creeks and streams and saw the direction of the water flow had changed and evidently the tide was on it's way in even though the Sea was a long way away the cows were taking nothing to chance.

 

[teslacoils]

Attached from "an historical atlas of Lincolnshire" which is a really interesting book on the region.