1. The Agrarian Revolution

2. Farming before 1750 Most people lived in the countryside in villages.
Most people farmed within a village and worked for their cottage or paid rent to their landlord or Lord of the Manor.
People grew enough food for themselves and a small surplus in good years to trade or pay taxes and rent.

3. The Three Field System

4. Demesne
This was the lord's land worked by the peasants

5. How did the system work? Three main fields – divided into strips
One field remains fallow
Gleaning rights
Common land
Woods and rivers
Serfs and tenants

6. Task Open your textbook at page 26-27
Make your own copy of the plan of Ashill Village in Norfolk (1750)
Label it neatly in English