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Agricultural Land Use and Village Structure

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.

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Agricultural Land Use and Village Structure

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  1. Agricultural Land Use and Village Structure Metes and Bounds, Longlots and Cadastres

  2. Cadastral Survey System • A system of demarcating property boundaries • Denotes ownership as well as land characteristics • Cadastre = Tax registry The Domesday Book 1087

  3. 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

  4. Rectangular Survey System • Came to dominate, especially in Western US • An antecedent survey system • Land defined by meridians and parallels

  5. 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

  6. Homestead Act 1862 • Awards 160 acres (one quarter section) for 5 years of farming • Population on Great Plains grows dramatically

  7. Central Pivot Irrigation

  8. Longlot Survey System • Properties are surveyed back from road or river • Long and narrow • Predominates in French North America • Louisiana; Maine

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. Linear Village

  12. Cluster Village

  13. Walled Village

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