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A History of the County of Oxford
… the 19th century is not known, but in 1592 a tenant had wheat in King's Bush furlong and barley at Fuller's Well, … demesne land in Wovercote and Walton with dredge (275 a.), wheat (145 a.), and pulse (47 a.); no oats were sown that … as 61 sheep. Three people kept bees. The usual crops were wheat, maslin, barley, and beans or pulse, although rye, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and a millstone were bought at Newmarket and Bury, wheat was carted and animals were driven for sale to Brandon …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 1398-9 (sowing) Tenant of Ditton Valence 1465 (distraint) Wheat 48 a. 47 32¼ a. 29 60 a. 26 80½ a. 35 84 a. 38 6 a. 32 … the cereals grown in the Middle Ages, beyond the staple of wheat and oats. 41 Demesne flocks, numbering 520, 100, and 60 … and commons 250 a., heath 600 a., and woods 150 a. 60 Wheat, barley, oats, peas, and rye were grown on a …
A History of the County of Essex
… mid 18th century the fields had been inclosed with hedges. Wheat, oats, and peas were being grown for the London market, … In spite of this, he was still obliged to pay composition wheat and oats for the king's household. 53 After the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… much as the tithe of lambs and fleeces in 1340. 5 Barley, wheat, and oats were apparently grown in 1374, 6 and wheat in the 18th century, when cows and sheep were kept; … 26 farming was chiefly on a four-course rotation, and wheat, oats, turnips, seeds, and peas were grown. 27 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… consisted of eight oxen and two other draught animals, and wheat, barley, peas, and oats were grown, together with a …
A History of the County of Somerset
… regular orders concerning the gutters which drained the wheat field, use of heavy waggons on the northern part of the … fields and 13 a. inclosed. In 1787 he sowed 30 a. of wheat and the same amount of Lent corn, produced cheese to … Magor still kept winter sheep and 8 plough beasts and his wheat worth nearly £800 was his largest asset in an estate …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… acres. The soil is chiefly a strong clay, well adapted for wheat; the surface is varied, but in no part attains to any …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… century, and in 1860 the principal crops grown on it were wheat and legumes. 95 Later in the 1860s c. 20 cattle and 500-600 sheep were kept on it and wheat and a feed crop of turnips were grown. 96 In the later …