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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… acres, and the crops generally cultivated are, wheat, barley, oats, beans, peas, vetches, turnips, and hops. The … Malt, which is made in considerable quantities, barley being much grown in the surrounding country, is the …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… of space. Worksop is a very considerable market for barley. Liquorice is grown plentifully in this neighbourhood. …
A History of the County of Essex
… were mainly arable. 82 In 1813 the parish yields of wheat, barley, and peas were about average for Essex. 83 In 1835 on … farm a 4-course rotation was practised of (1) wheat, barley, or oats, (2) clover or trefoil, (3) wheat, and (4) … 241 a. of meadow. 85 In 1870 the chief crops were wheat, barley, and oats. 86 In 1843 there were 11 farmers, 87 and 15 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… owed a corn-rent called 'parkseycorn', usually paid in barley. By 1493 there were c. 28 free tenants, 13 of whom … 8 Cider was transported from Worthing in 1349. 9 Wheat, barley, vetch, and peas were grown in 1560, and hemp in the … 16th and 17th centuries. 10 Throughout the 17th century barley and wheat were the most important crops. Most farms …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… years in a cottage built by herself and her sisters, at Barley Wood, in the parish. Writhlington (St. Mary Magdalene) …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the soil is fertile, producing good crops of wheat, barley, and oats. The village is beautifully situated on …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 68 48 35 pigs 14 11 13 29 Percentage of wheat 66 43 46 32 barley 31 41 28 64 oats 3 16 26 3 mixed corn & rye 0 0 0 1 … Salop. no. 243; /4945, no. 243. In 1801 slightly more barley was grown than wheat; about half that quantity of oats … grew at the expense of arable. Later the trend reversed, barley becoming more important and, after the Allscott sugar …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 1537 the abbot apparently leased all the tithes of wheat, barley, rye, peas, oats, muncorn, and hay, with the tithe …
A History of the County of Sussex
… later. 11 Crops grown in the Middle Ages included wheat, barley, 12 flax, hemp, and apples, while cattle, sheep, pigs, … Crops grown in the 17th and 18th centuries 29 were wheat, barley, oats, peas, vetch, and tares, with clover seed by … rotation was then widely practised, viz. turnips; barley or oats; seeds; wheat; peas, beans, or tares; and …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 106 a. was sown with wheat, 42 a. with oats, 35 a. with barley, and c. 50 a. with rye, beans, peas, and vetches, a … 'sufficient' sheep on the farm and to maintain the old barley barn. 93 In 1794 the farm was to be improved by … a. of arable in the whole parish produced mainly wheat, barley, and oats but also potatoes, peas, beans, and rape. 95 …