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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 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
… in the number of hands being occasioned by the use of machinery. Rough coatings, webbings, horse-girthing, tilting …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 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 … farm it from the manor house until the 17th century, and agricultural buildings there remained in use by local farmers …
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 … 1955 the mill still contained an undershot wheel and other machinery. 73 In 1966 it was bought by Oxfordshire County …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Workers' Union. New buildings allowed installation of new machinery and greater integration, and a new dyehouse and … mules were replaced by modern equipment. German-developed machinery, producing 'knitted' blankets in man-made fibres at … mostly car and lorry heaters. Though at first importing machinery and skilled labour, by the mid 1960s it employed …
A History of the County of Oxford
… butchers, bakers, and victuallers for 1520 per cent, and agricultural occupations for around 10 per cent. 2 In the … left goods worth over 100, including merchandise worth 33, agricultural produce, and property in Corn Street and West …