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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… several gardens. 133 About 1793 the usual rotation was two crops and a fallow, and the produce of an acre averaged 17 …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… the subsoil chiefly chalk. One chalk-pit is in use. The crops are cereals and roots. The village stands at …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… in 1535 in wheat and barley 330 may indicate the main crops grown. Sheephouses belonging to Ashchurch manor were … they varied from 38 a. to 118 a. 348 In 1740 the chief crops in the parish were wheat, peas, and oats, with smaller … and some clover and vetches. 349 In the eighties the chief crops were said to be wheat, barley, and beans, 350 and only …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… a year. 5 The soil is light, the subsoil chalk. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and turnips. In this parish …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… which has a heavy soil with a subsoil of chalk. The chief crops are wheat, oats and turnips. There are 1,003 acres of …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… including a fallow, was followed, while the fifth grew crops every year. In 1585 a 3-yardland estate had 132 ridges in the open fields. 66 The crops were probably those grown in the 18th century, wheat, … and turnips had by then been added to the pre-inclosure crops. 110 There were from 6 to 8 farms in the parish during …
A History of the County of Bedford
… Aspley Wood, with fine pine trees. In the northern part crops of barley, wheat, oats and beans are raised. Plan of …
A History of the County of Worcester
… of Keuper Sandstone and Bunter Pebble beds. The chief crops, grown are wheat, barley, beans and green crops, the land being specially adapted for barley and …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… 2,198 acres, of which 263 acres are arable land producing crops of wheat, 1,814 acres are laid down in grass, and there …
A History of the County of Oxford
… is relevant: it was alleged that the hay was mowed and crops worth 20 carried off. 333 This close may have been no … of the Kingston fields has been plotted. Among the crops grown in the 16th and 17th centuries, besides the main crops of wheat, barley, and oats, were flax, hemp, hops, …