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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of neatness and of greater comfort than... in many other agricultural districts.' 6 It was unfortunate that soon after …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… is uneventful, but of some interest as that of a compact agricultural estate of 20,000 acres carefully administered. … a profit. Its average income was then nearly £10,000. The agricultural depression of the last quarter of the century … annual loss over £2,000 (Herbrand Duke of Bedford, A Great Agricultural Estate, 95-96). In 1943-4 a 1 d. rate produced …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… banks, solicitors' and auctioneers' offices, and seed and implement shops; and the cattle market and the former corn …
A History of the County of Sussex
… pasture land outside the two parks; 41 in addition to the agricultural services of tenants, it was worked by regular …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… 79 Newton Harcourt has always been essentially an agricultural village, though the names of 14th-century …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… tilting for barges and wagons, felting for paper-makers, and mops, are likewise made to a considerable extent. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… with preference given to widows of clothiers or blanket-makers. 6 The houses, to include an upper and lower room and … about 1823, and in 1907, following difficulties during the agricultural depression, the trustees sold the farm, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the three rural townships, remained predominantly agricultural, with profits from rents and farming forming the … manor house near Witney church, with its extensive agricultural buildings; 2 from the 1390s the land was usually … Hist. vol. 2, no. 3 (1985), 76; Plummer and Early, Blanket Makers, 1502; PRO, HO 107/1731 (Hailey census, s.v. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… converted by the firm of J. W. Gardner for manufacture of agricultural manure from bonemeal; 70 that venture was …