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A History of the County of Oxford
… sheep more or less all through the year, with the heavy plough-land extending roughly from Bicester to Merton, White … were drawn by three or four horses. Now, the two-wheeled plough, made of iron with steel mould-board and drawn by two … horse labour. Special-purpose ploughs, such as the ridging plough, the digging plough, and the potato-raising plough, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… common fields could be made by virtue of an agreement to plough up part of the common down, or by the exchange and … top of the downs, could be broken up with impunity, but to plough the 'blackland', loose soil on flints or chalk on …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… fell in the process and paid for the much enlarged rents. Plough horses, for instance, might be reduced in number by as … have been quite possible with the consequential saving in plough horsesand the land given over to more cattle to … in damp cloths in hampers, to the London market. 178 Plough oxen were also fattened, taking as long as 18 months …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… arable with 52 per cent. of the cultivated area under the plough in 19504. 7 An examination of changes in livestock … it was reported in 1878 that 'on many farms the steam plough has taken the place of the flock, and corn growing has … high thin-soiled downlands, the 'bakelands', under the plough, but also by ploughing up old pastures on claylands, …
A History of the County of Northampton
… year, containing land for two ploughs, on which he had one plough. 19 The arable land of the manor was clearly divided … two cottages in the village (one of which by 1817 was the Plough Inn) and a small amount of land, bought from John and … Elmes in 1779, 11 had by the early 19th century become the Plough Inn, 12 which remained Alderton's only licensed …
A History of the County of Essex
… manor the 3 bordarii in 1066 and 6 in 1086 had only ½ plough. The wood was enough for 10 swine, and there were 3 a. … by 1 bordarius and 2 servi with 2 ploughs in 1066 and 1 plough in 1086; there was wood for 24 swine. 50 Although … 28 a. there was leased to a tenant who was forbidden to plough any greens or doles. 58 In 1656 a ½-a. plot and a …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… or obliterated by ploughing, some of it marked by low plough-ridges 5 yds. wide. The fields formerly continued in …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… several windows. Economic History In 1086 Wall farm had 1 plough and 1 servus in demesne; 151 the manorial demesne was …