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A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… there was no continuity of holdings. 31 ECONOMIC HISTORY AGRICULTURE Eight ploughlands and seven teams were recorded … a wain. 13 Three closes called Coppice were cleared for agriculture before 1747, two by the 1640s. 14 Orchards were … 10 By 1821 only 60 out of 89 families were engaged in agriculture. 11 In 1826 an Act was passed to inclose 400 a. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… in the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. 30 ECONOMIC HISTORY. Agriculture. Tarring manor in 1086 comprised 14 ploughlands; … trade or manufacture in 1811, as against 35 supported by agriculture; in 1831 the corresponding figures were 38 and … and 16th centuries, besides the usual business concerning agriculture, strays, the repair of houses, roads, and hedges, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Westbury-on-Severn Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY: AGRICULTURE. In 1086 5 ploughs and one servus were recorded … stone wall remained in 1969. INDUSTRY AND TRADE. Although agriculture remained the chief employer of labour, the … the fisheries and river trade. In 1608 136 men employed in agriculture were listed and 112 in other trades, 38 and in …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Westbury Agriculture AGRICULTURE. Of the 40 hides attributed in the Domesday … 47 those of Bratton were almost entirely employed in agriculture. In 1831 200 out of 300 families there were …