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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and the Saturday before Lady-day, for hemp and flax; also a considerable horse-fair on the Thursday before …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… to it. The vicar was to receive the tithes except those of flax and wool. Land and other tithes were assigned to him for …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… before Whitsun, 25 July, and 1 and 2 August. Hemp, flax, cattle, and horses were the principal goods exchanged. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Ages were wheat, barley, oats, rye, vetch, peas and beans, flax, and apples. 45 The open-field arable of the parish lay … 86 and hops 87 were recorded in the 17th century, and flax at the end of the 18th. 88 Turnips or rape had been …
A History of the County of Oxford
… from Witney and the surrounding area, 315 and a Witney flax-dresser later accused of supplying the Oxford garrison's …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… had all offerings of wax and money; tithes of wool, lambs, flax, hemp, chickens, piglets, pigeons, geese, calves, … vicar's income in 1612 consisted of tithes of wool, lambs, flax, geese, pigs, apples, and garden produce; the tithe corn …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… consumption were widely kept. Hemp, and presumably flax, were already grown in the parish in the 16th century 88 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Crops grown in the Middle Ages included wheat, barley, 12 flax, hemp, and apples, while cattle, sheep, pigs, and geese …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 1780s about half the land was arable and crops included flax 89 but the land was not marled. 90 Yarlington manor …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 92 The name Linton close, mentioned in 1536, 93 suggests flax growing, and flax and hemp were mentioned in 17thcentury inventories. 94 In the early 19th century a 'considerable quantity' of flax was grown in the neighbourhood: in the 17th century it …