agricultural land use and village structure
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Agricultural Land Use and Village Structure. Metes and Bounds, Longlots and Cadastres. Cadastral Survey System. A system of demarcating property boundaries Denotes ownership as well as land characteristics Cadastre = Tax registry. The Domesday Book 1087. Metes & Bounds. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Agricultural Land Use and Village Structure
Metes and Bounds, Longlots and Cadastres
Cadastral Survey System
• A system of demarcating property boundaries
• Denotes ownership as well as land characteristics– Cadastre = Tax registry
The Domesday Book1087
Metes & Bounds
• Method of surveying land using natural boundaries
• Plots can be quite irregular and uneven• Based on English system– Primarily used in Colonial US
Rectangular Survey System
• Came to dominate, especially in Western US• An antecedent survey system• Land defined by meridians and parallels
Township & Range System
• System adopted by US Public Land Survey System (PLSS)
• Each section = 1 square mile– Sold in whole, half and quarter sections
• Quick way to settle US West
Homestead Act 1862• Awards 160 acres (one
quarter section) for 5 years of farming
• Population on Great Plains grows dramatically
Central Pivot Irrigation
Longlot Survey System• Properties are surveyed back
from road or river– Long and narrow
• Predominates in French North America– Louisiana; Maine
Land Tenure Practices
• Primogeniture– Eldest son inherits entire farm– Common Northern Europe; Anglo World
• Subdivision– Farms divided among sons– More common in rest of world– Farm sizes decrease over time
Rural Villages
• Clustered– Village homes and business close
together– Farms on outskirts; can be
“commons”
• Dispersed– Houses and businesses widely
separated– Each house on individual farm
Linear Village
Cluster Village
Walled Village