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A History of the County of Northampton
… and the subsoil consists of sandstone and clay; the chief crops were wheat and barley. The population in 1891 was only …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… The last was sold to its tenant in 1921. The main crops c. 1850 were still wheat, barley, and beans. 170 From …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… of Keuper marls. Turnips and potatoes are the chief crops grown, but more than half the land is pasture, and …
A History of the County of Worcester
… with cornstone at Pippin's Hill in the north. The chief crops are wheat, barley and hops. In the west and south are …
A History of the County of Oxford
… below that paid in 1387. 498 The medieval evidence about crops and rotations is for the most part scanty, but it seems … to have been the normal allotment for a yardland. 501 The crops grown, at least on the Winchester demesne, were wheat, … Wheat, barley, oats, peas, and grass were the most common crops, though maslin also occurs. 511 Hemp may have been …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… the lands are very sertile, and produce exceeding good crops of corn. The village, consisting of about ten houses, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… fields 143 may indicate an early two-course rotation of crops. It seems that the management of the fields had become … court in the 18th century for keeping animals off the crops; 149 and it is likely that efficient farming could be … from arable to pasture. 159 In 1801 the acreage under crops amounted to 316 a. The main crops then were wheat, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… rocks of Gault, Clay, and Greensand, so productive of good crops, were all present. There are indications that Bronze … 30 lambs, 13 hogs and pigs worth in all 62 10 s., his corn crops were the most valuable part of his goods, being worth over 100. What his growing crops were is not specified, but he had small quantities of …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… rather more than half is permanent grass. 1 The chief crops raised are wheat, oats and barley. The soil is …
A History of the County of Oxford
… most fitt for La Lucerne, the which would yielde great crops for some years'. The Albury meadow lands were generally …