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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… rest of the fields with the Town flock. 39 About 1805 one farmer had 500 sheep, 40 another 380, including 100 … persisted in the 19th century. 64 About 1820 one large farmer with 1,200 a., probably at Denny Abbey, and three … to grow wheat and potatoes by spade cultivation. 73 One farmer did so in the early 1820s, taking in return half the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… to satisfy the nonconformists. Despite objections, one farmer asking what use learning geography was to his …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… lord of the manor. His abuses as steward and demesne farmer were under investigation in 1610. 8By 1617 Yaxley also …
A History of the County of Hertford
… the Dissolution, 32 at which time Sir John Russell was farmer of the manor. 33 It continued in the crown till 1609, …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… of the inhabitants have been almost exclusively those of farmer and grazier. 84 There was a mill in Welham in 1086, 85 … tithes from the land appear regularly to have gone to the farmer of Welham rectory: Sta. Cha. 2/34/36. Nichols, Leics. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Hist.); J. R. Wordie, 'Rent Movements and the Eng. Tenant Farmer, 17001839', Research in Econ. Hist. vi. 207; cf. …