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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and contained 200 a. of grass out of 1,630 a. 493 Sugar-beet was being grown by the 1950s. One farm had a flock of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… grown, by 1925 80 a.; and by 1955 81 a. were under sugar beet and 130 a. under other vegetables. The area of grassland …
A History of the County of Essex
… and barley, 82 ha. (202 a.) of vegetables, mainly sugar beet and fodder crops, and 104 ha. (256 a.) of grass. 84 Hop …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… to be the major crops into the 1970s. By the 1950s sugar beet was also grown. 114 In 1866 the meadow land supported c. …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… particularly potatoes and celery, and recently sugar beet. The parish boundaries formerly ran through the marshes …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… in production in 1872. 250 Browne also started a sugar beet factory and an apiary, both short lived. 251 In 1851 two …
A History of the County of Essex
… and oats, and 120 a. of vegetables, mainly beans, sugar beet, mangolds, and potatoes. 116 The 1977 returns listed 262 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… century, and in 1970 wheat, barley, potatoes, and sugar-beet were grown. Tyrells Hall farm has specialized in …
A History of the County of Somerset
… cultivation had diversified; the production of sugar beet and coarse and salad vegetables was then included, …
A History of the County of Northampton
… 44 whose daughter Anne brought it in marriage to the Beet family, 45 whose representative Henry Beet with Elizabeth his wife was in possession in 1826, 46 … passed to her sister's daughters Anne the wife of Thomas Beet, of Great Houghton, and Rebecca, who held the lands in …