Regional divisions (4)

Question 1

Where was mixed farming predominately used?

Answer 1

In the more densely populated counties, especially Norfolk, Suffolk and Kent.

Question 2

Where was pastoral farming predominately used?

Answer 2

In the more sparsely populated areas to the north and west with the rearing of sheep, cattle and horses.

Question 3

Where did pastoral farming dominate?

Answer 3

In the Fens and in the wood pastures of the Kent and Sussex Weald.

Question 4

Where was grain farming predominately used?

Answer 4

In Herefordshire and the Welsh border countries.

Question 5

What was increasingly administrated?

Answer 5

Justice at a county level and county towns often contained jails and major churches.

Question 6

Who were reinforced by saints’ cults and what did this place importance on?

Answer 6

Local identities which placed importance on centres of pilgrimage, such as Canterbury and Durham.