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A History of the County of Oxford
… falling grain prices. In 1890 arable was 'kept under the plough merely for the convenience of the tenants, to provide …
A History of the County of Oxford
… bought for labourers in 1795 and 1800, and a labourer's plough was redeemed in 1799. 36 A few apprenticeship …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… of cultivation, a large flat stone was discovered by the plough, inscribed with a legend in Latin, of which the chief … of the surface, and to the size of the farms, than the plough; and the small portions of land under tillage present … containing 500 Roman coins; it was lately turned up by the plough on the farm of Mindrum, near the borders of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… while the tenants (3 villeins and 3 bordars) had ½ plough; undercultivation may have accounted for a fall in …