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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… of its roughly 2,520 a. was woodland to the east. 97 The agricultural land was shared by customary tenants of …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… in 1919 and was wound up in 1921. 244 In 1926, when 54 agricultural labourers worked in the parish full-time, there … by 1830 263 and in 1976 the site was occupied by a firm of agricultural engineers. The parish had a carpenter in the …
A History of the County of Essex
… Over Hall) was by far the largest farm in the parish. 58 Agricultural labourers outnumbered other working men, … 1990s the parish contained c. 6 large farms suited to new agricultural methods. 67 In 1906 Frank and Bill Martin … low that only one pair could be worked at a time. 74 The machinery of the mill, called Ford mill by 1876, was …
A History of the County of Essex
… by the parish as a recreation ground. 17 There was an agricultural society in the parish in 1848. 18 The 15 clubs …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… at Watergate, after a large outlay in the buildings and machinery, has been abandoned. There are also quarries of … are also found; and limestone is quarried and burnt for agricultural use to a great extent. There is a variety of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the larger quarries in Bladon and Hanborough. Only agricultural labour employed more men, and a 19th-century … a half and two thirds of men in employment worked as agricultural labourers. 41 Their wives and daughters commonly … mill as estate workshops and fitting it with steam-driven machinery, a decision perhaps prompted by the opening of the …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… while Valpy was placed in immediate charge of the new agricultural branch. Rawson was given a salary of £450 rising …