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A History of the County of Middlesex
… turned; grass cocks and grass were also turned before 1 p.m. If fine, the medium cocks of yesterday could now be … Dorset. 24 Oxen were sometimes used for draught or the plough, a custom which this author (unlike some others of the … Cambridge, 1,097 acres; the Crown, 2,383 acres; F. H. Deane, esq., Ruislip, 1,449 acres; the earl of Jersey, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… sheep more or less all through the year, with the heavy plough-land extending roughly from Bicester to Merton, White … were drawn by three or four horses. Now, the two-wheeled plough, made of iron with steel mould-board and drawn by two … overtime. The general hours of work are from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., with an hour off for dinner. The wages are low, the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… common fields could be made by virtue of an agreement to plough up part of the common down, or by the exchange and … 142, 146. G. L. Gomme, Village Community, 67; Wilts. Inq. p.m. 162549 (Index Libr.), 9293, 1779, 1979, 3834; Leland, … i. 7980; Aubrey, Topog. Coll. ed. Jackson, 66, 309 n.; H. C. Darby, Hist. Geog. Eng. before 1800, 399; Aubrey, Nat. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… fell in the process and paid for the much enlarged rents. Plough horses, for instance, might be reduced in number by as … of saline springs at Melksham in 1813 (see below, p. 388), all served to cut across purely agricultural … horses in Wiltshire. 292 In 1859 Pocock purchased a 10 h.p. Fowler engine, an anchorage, and a three-furrow plough. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… arable with 52 per cent. of the cultivated area under the plough in 19504. 7 An examination of changes in livestock … of the Savernake estate by a Shropshire land agent, H. W. Keny, concluded that it was 'with some few exceptions, … reduction of rents in south, or Chalk Wiltshire. E. P. Squarey 79 thought that the fall was higher on small …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Map 1/50,000, solid and drift, sheet 295 (1984 edn.). V.C.H. Som. i. 486. Pole MS. 1036. Durborough Farm probably takes … Archaeology of Som. ed. M. Aston and I. Burrow (1982), 65. P.R.O., E 326/6012, 6091; ibid. SC 2/200/29. S.R.O., Q/REI … DD/KW 2; O.S. Map 6", Som. XLIX. SE. (1887 edn.). V.C.H. Som. i. 486. S.R.O., tithe award. Collinson, Hist. Som. …
A History of the County of Northampton
… These in turn became redundant and were sold in 1984 to H.W. Mason & Sons, who converted them into two large houses … year, containing land for two ploughs, on which he had one plough. 19 The arable land of the manor was clearly divided … In 1821 the inclosure commissioners allotted 2 a. 2 r. 8 p. of land, together with five cottages in Church Lane in two …
A History of the County of Essex
… manor the 3 bordarii in 1066 and 6 in 1086 had only ½ plough. The wood was enough for 10 swine, and there were 3 a. … Tuesday one may have continued until the 1880s. 10 V.C.H. Essex, i. 457, 465, 481. Ibid. 465. E.R.O., D/DCm Mi, pp. … D/DWe M1-21, passim; D/DWe P1; D/DCm M1. Ibid. D/DCm Mi, p. 107; D/DPr 7; D/DPr 9; D/DPr 11. P.R.O., DL 30/123/1859; …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… James's death in 1949 Cocklebarrow farm was sold to E. R. H. Wills, the second son of Lord Dulverton, but James's son … again. 149 It was sold in the mid 1970s to Capt. P. Percy 150 and extensively restored with the addition of a … several windows. Economic History In 1086 Wall farm had 1 plough and 1 servus in demesne; 151 the manorial demesne was …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… or obliterated by ploughing, some of it marked by low plough-ridges 5 yds. wide. The fields formerly continued in …