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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… and of cutting a plentiful supply of good peat. The usual crops are, oats, bear, potatoes, a few turnips, and cabbages; … and brought into profitable cultivation. The principal crops are oats and bear, with potatoes; little more is raised … quality; and in some parts, a deep and rich loam. The crops are, grain of all kinds, turnips, potatoes, and hay; …
A History of the County of Stafford
… fallow every third year. 62 In the 16th and 17th centuries crops grown in the open fields included rye, wheat, mongcorn … The herd was often worth several times the value of the crops on a holding. In 1605 John Persehouse of Reynold's Hall …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… resting on chalk, and partly a strong clay, producing good crops of grain. The surface is flat; a small stream passes on …
A History of the County of Essex
… that they were useful for growing turnips and other green crops. 23 The three common fields comprised in 1843 some 111 … the average sown was then said to be 700 a. 71 The main crops in 1801 were wheat and oats (585 a.), with small crops of peas (80 a.), barley (63 a.), potatoes (61 a.), rye …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… of limestone, and produces excellent and abundant crops of wheat, barley, oats, turnips, and potatoes, with … lands is in general good loamy clay, producing superior crops of wheat, and rich pasturage; that in the lower, which …
Warborough (Including Shillingford)
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… 1 When taken back in hand in 11789 it was sown with cereal crops and re-stocked with plough beasts, cows, sheep, and … on cereals. 6 Wheat and barley were the most valuable crops, much of the barley being malted, but rye, pulses, … up to 110 a. were devoted to potatoes and market-garden crops, and by 1949 Warburton farmed 283 a. of barley, 188 a. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… that free tenants had no common pasture rights. 24 Crops grown on the demesne in 1324 included wheat, oats, … mixed, though animal husbandry usually predominated. 48 Crops grown in order of importance were wheat and oats, … was arable; of that, 78 a. were under rotation grass, and crops returned on the rest included, in order of importance, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… In other places where the fields are now under arable crops, the sites of former buildings are marked by spreads of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the larger free-holds also owed works, mainly of carrying crops from the fields and ploughing, in the mid-14th century. The crops threshed from the demesne are known for three years in … 14th century. In each wheat and barley were the largest crops; wheat was rather larger than barley in 13489 and …
Warpsgrove
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… Fewer than 50 a. were sown with wheat, barley, and fodder crops. 16 Manor farm included a dairy and churn house, two …