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History Theses 1901-1970
… question, 17881834). R.L. Baker. Oxford B.Litt. 1928. The agricultural policy of Mahomet Ali in Egypt. Helen A. Rivlin. …
Old and New London
… a span has been attempted. It is double the width of the Agricultural Hall at Islington, and ten yards wider than the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… the difference of 84,539 acres between the total and the agricultural area. 'Bricks and mortar,' together with private … comprehensive than that of Foot. Some account of the early agricultural history of Middlesex has been given in another … 'Lac, Caseus Infans that is goode milke and yonge cheez.' Agricultural activity was at its height in the county in the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Industrial Revolution, 1 Shropshire was mainly an agricultural county until recent times. From the first … Telford, the county's landscape remained largely rural and agricultural. 3 The main crises in the long history of … Economic Community (E.E.C.), 6 the community's common agricultural policy (C.A.P.) seemed to promise a continuation …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Agriculture Agriculture IN dealing with Oxford from an agricultural point of view it is necessary to treat of the … 26 bushels an acre; and taking the average yield from the Agricultural Returns for the ten years 18941903, we have 29 … good data from which to form an estimate as we have in the agricultural returns of to-day. We must also note that it has …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… more than any others. This is reflected in popular unrest, for although there was an outbreak at Wilton in … of the manufacturing districts increased while that of the agricultural districts declined. At Monkton Deverill before … fields. 58 Common-field husbandry did not in itself impede agricultural progress. 'Custom' was not something done of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… AGRICULTURE c. 1793 c. 1870 In 1794 T. Davis wrote: 'The agricultural pursuits of the inhabitants of every county or … was the century of improvement: improvement fostered by agricultural societies and publications, and by exciting and … land of the parish, it is hard to imagine that improved agricultural practices could have been followed on farms …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wiltshire, and the fundamental explanation of the county's agricultural history therefore lies outside the scope of this … the county reacted to changes in the comparative costs of agricultural production in England and in overseas exporting … these peculiarities pertain not to the county, but to agricultural regions which cut across county boundaries. Thus …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a few miles above the village. The population is chiefly agricultural, but some of the inhabitants find employment in … are common or waste. Limestone is quarried, and used for agricultural purposes. The living is a rectory, valued in the …