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A History of the County of Middlesex
… if inclosed they might have been made more profitable. Farm buildings were well constructed and in good repair on … from one-horse to four-horse carriage; they had rollers of wood and iron of equal capacity. Carts with iron arms were … are badly constructed, being 'generally full of live wood.' 42 According to his computation the land was 'not …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… European market' planned for 1992 drew nearer. 10 British farm incomes began to falter about the same time. In 1982 … useful option in the event of cereal prices falling. 11 As farm incomes were checked and the value of agricultural land … 14 Large-scale drainage schemes enhancing the value of farm land were resented by some as unwarranted interference …
A History of the County of Oxford
… be an impossibility. The number of sheep and cattle a farm can keep almost entirely depends on these two crops, and … they are not more so than any other crop sold off the farm, and the potato quarter is at any rate always clean and … visited Oxfordshire, all the ploughs in use were made of wood and were drawn by three or four horses. Now, the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… a supply of straw, fodder, and food for consumption on the farm and for the restoration of grassland depleted by the … 4 to provide for arable-grass rotations including 'seeds' leys, 44 or agreed to lay a whole common field to grass. In … from new mills on their estates, or sold timber and wood which rose in price only slightly less than farm …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… to inclosure in an area where the cost of new farm roads on wet deep soil had made it slow. 7 Activity, … there can be no doubt. In 1790, for example, one farm of 75 acres had 89 separate parcels of land scattered … in pieces of less than 1 acre each. In 1804 another farm of 146 acres was found to have 98 pieces. 32 While such …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… in 1870 there were 83,475, in 1954 there were 217,950. The farm horse has, of course, become a rarity in that time. 8 … for green crops. Cattle consume the produce of the leys, either by grazing or as hay, and the general purpose of … lxviii, 1907, 71, 73. Ex inf. Lt.-Col. J. I. Little wood. See below, pp. 220, 2234. Ex inf. Mr. S. R. Wragg. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the ancient seat of the Sherburne family, and of the farm, on moderate terms, from the late Thomas Weld, Esq.; and …
A History of the County of Somerset
… ridge to 335 m. In the centre it reaches 198 m. at Aisholt wood, and in the east 220 m. on Hawkridge Hill. The valley … Aisholt village, named from its position in or near an ash wood, lies sheltered on the side of a valley called Holcombe … and West Holcombe, possibly a settlement around Durborough Farm at the head of the valley, was named in the 15th …
A History of the County of Somerset
… was reduced to a landless cottage while Postridge farm included land in Charlinch and amounted to over 200 a. Lower Aisholt farm was then 180 a. and Higher Aisholt 110 a. 89 A further 9 … 92 By 1919 farms had been further amalgamated; one old farm house was used for storage and a cottage as a fowl …
A History of the County of Somerset
… merging with it by the 18th century. 61 In 1920 Postridge farm was sold by E. A. V. Stanley to Somerset county council, the owner in 1986. 62 Postridge Farm has a double-pile plan incorporating a south range of … Postridge in 1833 but the land had been added to Postridge farm. 71 The house had gone by 1887. 72 The house at …