Hello All I have found the above topic very interesting especially as I have had more than one family farming in open fields one of them at Laxton Notts. If anyone wishes to have a look I have uploaded a 1735 map of Chilson Manor showing the open field system and the names of the farmers who farmed within the manor. As many of the notations were upside down I have also included an enlarged portion below the main map. Both are on the following webpage. http://www.angelfire.com/bc3/woodcom/page21.html refresh with F5 if the maps don't download completely. They are about 350 kb each. A close look at this map shows it is quite a bit different to Laxton which if I remember correctly only had four main fields. Chilson has many more fields of all shapes and sizes and the strips would not have followed any rules regarding lengths there. Also of interest is that quite a few farmers had several strips in the same field but they are not often adjacent to each other regards Chris Bartlett