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A History of the County of Leicestershire
… in 1772 the three fields were called Mill, Cowmoor, and Barley Hill Fields. The Sence valley no doubt always provided … 75 Three closes-the 12-acre 'Great Close', sown with barley, Dawes Close, and the pasture 'Rames Close'-all … 85 a. were under wheat, 72 a. beans and peas, 39 a. barley, and 37 a. oats. 78 The land has been farmed by 4 or 5 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the wealthy blanket-maker John Wiggins had a ground of barley worth 18. 6 Butchers and innkeepers, too, often rented … relief since. One, with three pigs, had accumulated wheat, barley, beans, and potatoes worth over 30; he and his family …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1710 townsmen were accused of forestalling it by buying barley at Asthall. 27 Corn, butter, meat, fruit, cattle, … 19th century included 2 d. a quarter for corn, 1 d. for barley and oats, 4 d. for a bull, and 3 d. for a score of …
A History of the County of Essex
… team. In the early 14th century oats, rye, wheat, and barley, and a few peas and beans were grown. Oats seemed to … remained from the previous year. Rye, oats, buckwheat, barley, and a small quantity of peas were grown at Wivenhoe … Park estate, 53 and by 1778 they were growing rye, wheat, barley, oats, peas, and turnips. 54 In 1801 the largest of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… but in 1592 a tenant had wheat in King's Bush furlong and barley at Fuller's Well, both in Churchcroft field, 94 … people kept bees. The usual crops were wheat, maslin, barley, and beans or pulse, although rye, oats, vetch, and … rotation of (1) fallow, (2) wheat, (3) beans, (4)barley recorded in 1832 11 was already being followed. In …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… a. 35 84 a. 38 6 a. 32 Rye 7½ a. 7 55½ a. 49 ? ? ¾ a. 4 Barley 26 a. 25 32½ a. 14 44 a. 20 6¾ a. 36 Oats 20½ a. 20 20 … commons 250 a., heath 600 a., and woods 150 a. 60 Wheat, barley, oats, peas, and rye were grown on a three-course … arable, largely on the Stetchworth estate, wheat and barley ousted other crops almost entirely. 64 The development …
A History of the County of Sussex
… times as much as the tithe of lambs and fleeces in 1340. 5 Barley, wheat, and oats were apparently grown in 1374, 6 and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Fletcher's House); his relict Joan (d. 1625) had malt and barley worth 126, and grew hops. 41 Jerome Kyte of Chaucer's …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of eight oxen and two other draught animals, and wheat, barley, peas, and oats were grown, together with a small … Winter corn and spring corn were chiefly grown, but rye, barley, oats, and peas were also recorded occasionally. 32 …
A History of the County of Somerset
… the end of October. Sheep folds had to be removed from the barley field in early spring. 19 Holdings remained small in …