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A History of the County of Stafford
… centuries crops grown in the open fields included rye, wheat, mongcorn (mixed corn), barley, oats, and dredge. 63 … and another kept beef cattle and goats; the rest combined wheat and barley with dairying and beef-fattening. 87 In 1086 … market until at least 1906. In 1835 prices were quoted for wheat, oats, beans, barley, and peas, but by the later 19th …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… waste; the soil is rich, and favourable to the growth of wheat. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books …
A History of the County of Essex
… was then said to be 700 a. 71 The main crops in 1801 were wheat and oats (585 a.), with small crops of peas (80 a.), …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… of limestone, and produces excellent and abundant crops of wheat, barley, oats, turnips, and potatoes, with clover, hay, … is a rich loam, in other parts rather shaly, and produces wheat, barley, oats, and hay; the prevailing timber consists … is in general fertile, and favourable to the production of wheat and other grain; Whitchurch is said to be the best …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… by carved half-boars, each holding a shield charged with a wheat-sheaf. d(16). Houses, now shops, Nos. 115117 High …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… a rich loam used mostly for pasture land, though some wheat is grown. The whole of the northern part of the parish …
Warborough (Including Shillingford)
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… fact that in 1535 its lessee Ralph Randolph owed 16 qr of wheat and 16 qr of barley as his annual rent. 17 The closest … 5 Farming remained mixed, with an emphasis on cereals. 6 Wheat and barley were the most valuable crops, much of the … a four-course system, with equal areas of 285 a. under (1) wheat, (2) barley, (3) pulses, and (4) clover, vetches, or …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… an occasional admixture of loam, resting on limestone; wheat and beans constitute the main produce. The surface, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… rights. 24 Crops grown on the demesne in 1324 included wheat, oats, barley, vetches, beans, and a little rye, 25 and … predominated. 48 Crops grown in order of importance were wheat and oats, barley, peas, rye, and tares. Hops 49 and … park in 1777 included at least 54 a. of arable; wheat, barley, peas, and clover were grown, and there was …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… in Mancombe Bottom or Cop Heap Field, whichever lay in wheat stubble. 80 The common rights over 60 a. of arable land … are known for three years in the 14th century. In each wheat and barley were the largest crops; wheat was rather larger than barley in 13489 and 13856, but …