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A History of the County of Oxford
… but no services; the croft may well have been ½ yardland, making the total holding of the halfyardlanders 1 hide. There … provided some local employment in the 17th century, 4 but agricultural labour was by far the commonest employment in … 1851 there were 6 gloveresses. 6 The 'extreme poverty' of agricultural labourers in the parish was lamented in 1868 by …
A History of the County of Oxford
… meeting of the manorial court was in 1720, to regulate agricultural matters. 19 The two churchwardens were financed …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… part of the parish, and the clay is well adapted for making tiles for roofing and draining, for which purpose the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… the mill house (27). The village has always been mainly agricultural but a good bed of Lower Lincolnshire Limestone …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Calne held by the king from the 9th or 10th century. Agricultural land at Calne held by Calne church in 1086 was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… as high as £40 an acre for conversion to arable. 61 In the agricultural depression of the later 19th century it may have … and dairy farming, with particular emphasis on cheese-making. 82 In 1851 Yelford's two farms employed 12 labourers. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… branch of the Yscir stream. The population is exclusively agricultural, and the right of common on the surrounding … slate; the soil of the arable land is sandy, and the chief agricultural produce is barley, oats, and extensive potato … converting the pig-iron into castings, with fineries for making the refined metal used by the tin-manufacturers. The …