Local historian Mike Derbyshire gave a talk in 2013 as part of the Flora Fields Educational programme explaining the early agricultural history of the area.
There is a pdf of the lecture slides and there is also an accompanying mp3 audio file of the lecture.
Historical sources
Mike also gave a talk about historical sources that can be drawn upon for the history of FAUNA and FLORA. There is a pdf of his historical sources talk and an accompanying mp3 audio file of the historical sources talk.