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A History of the County of Sussex
… to 19 a. 10 The trend to consolidation continued later. 11 Crops grown in the Middle Ages included wheat, barley, 12 … farm had 271 a. in Yapton and elsewhere in 1699. 28 Crops grown in the 17th and 18th centuries 29 were wheat, … of glebe were let as allotments in 1867. 42 In 1875 arable crops returned totalled c. 1,000 a., the chief being wheat, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 300 a. 88 By the 1780s about half the land was arable and crops included flax 89 but the land was not marled. 90 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to supply the earl with cash profits. The most important crops were wheat (97 qr. in 1278-9, of which 73 qr. were … own farms'. 71 The memory may have exaggerated, for among crops grown in the 18th century was woad, heavily labour … in the parish (85 a.) had reached its lowest point. 91 Crops mentioned from the 16th century were the usual ones of …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… other places clayey, inclining here and there to bog. The crops are, oats, barley, potatoes, and turnips; the system of … potatoes return upwards of 1000. Meadow hay and other crops are also raised, but in inferior proportions; and … and brought into tillage, at a moderate cost. The chief crops are barley, oats, and wheat, with potatoes and turnips. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… then lay fallow. 27 Change to a three-field rotation of crops before the mid 17th century may be indicated by the … in Hardwick's open fields. 79 Yelford's principal crops in the mid 19th century were wheat, barley, beans, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… agricultural produce is barley, oats, and extensive potato crops. The turnpike-road from Aberystwith to Trgaron passes …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… quality of its oats, as Cleveland is for its wheat: two crops are here always taken in succession, and frequently … overflowed by that river, and producing abundant crops of coarse flaggy hay, of which that obtained from the …