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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… of land, previously in pasture, has been brought under tillage. Draining has also been carried on to a very … rugged, and the district is more suited to grazing than tillage. The lands are let principally to small tenants; the … and contains 16,103 acres, of which number 1468 are in tillage, 489 the best kind of pasture, and 14,146 pasture of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… about then, and 50 a. were inclosed as small plots for tillage. 23 In 1625 Shirlett, 2,300 a. of waste and commons, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… measurement 2415 acres, about one-half of which is under tillage, and the other divided in nearly equal portions …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… now reduced to about 56 miles. The greater part is under tillage; and Windsor Great Park was reduced by George III. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… contains nearly 8000 acres, of which about 2000 are under tillage, 304 under wood, and the remainder waste. It is … waste land have been reclaimed, and are at present under tillage. Much attention has also been paid to the growth of … four at its greatest breadth, comprising 4739 acres under tillage, besides a large extent of wood, mountain-pasture, …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… 478 After inclosure much downland was converted to tillage, a process noted c. 1775, 479 and corn and sheep …
Old and New London
… inhabited with honest, good, stout, and usefull men, for tillage and countrye business;" the Saxon word ceorl …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… of the 17th century. Two hundred acres were converted from tillage to pasture c. 1630, 15 and the whole parish was … that in the neighbouring villages there was far too little tillage to support the inhabitants and that there was general …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the expectation in 1705 that much would be converted to tillage raised the price to buy out the tithe owner of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of clay partially mixed with chalk; that portion under tillage produces fair average crops. The village, one of the …