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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… sheep, but is seldom suffered to stand for a corn crop. Turnips are extensively cultivated on the chalky and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… has a substratum of chalk, and produces good barley and turnips. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… was an unusual proportion (1,164 acres) under rape and turnips. 86 At the tithe apportionment in Wisbech St. Mary …
A History of the County of Sussex
… in the 17th century, and flax at the end of the 18th. 88 Turnips or rape had been added by 1801. 89 During the late …
A History of the County of Essex
… 1778 they were growing rye, wheat, barley, oats, peas, and turnips. 54 In 1801 the largest of the 'very bountiful' crops … a. of oats, 122 a. of barley, and smaller quantities of turnips, peas, and beans. 55 Most of the remaining heathland … 1859 of (1) wheat, (2) clover, (3) barley or oats, and (4) turnips or another suitable crop instead of a fallow year; …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… patches peculiarly suited to the culture of potatoes and turnips: about two-thirds of the whole are under tillage. The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… chief crops on the arable, but the fodder crops swedes, turnips, and mangolds were also grown in some quantity. 57 In …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… claim tithes on clover, cabbage, trefoil, rye grass, and turnips. 62 Four-course rotations were apparently introduced …
A History of the County of Sussex
… was chiefly on a four-course rotation, and wheat, oats, turnips, seeds, and peas were grown. 27 Woodmancote Place …
A History of the County of Somerset
… probably because of the high value of the soil. Few turnips were grown and hedges were neglected. There were said … was largely pastoral but women were employed to pull turnips and mangolds, plant beans, and hoe wheat. Young boys …