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A History of the County of Stafford
… rye and oats. 64 Other crops included dredge, 65 hemp and flax, 66 and a mixture of oats and peas. 67 Cottages with … 'hemplecks' (small pieces of ground for growing hemp or flax) are found in surveys of 1630 and 1695, 68 and flax was grown in the parish until at least the later 18th …
A History of the County of Stafford
… in 1839 and 1841, as a gentleman in 1841, and as a flax-dresser in 1848: S.R.O., D. 707/17/3, abstract of title, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… mill, and half the tithe of wool and cheese; the tithe of flax was set aside for the ornaments of the church. 88 In …
A History of the County of Sussex
… those of fleeces and lambs together; at the same date flax and hemp were grown in the parish, and heifers, geese, … mid 18th included wheat, rye, barley, oats, peas, tares, flax, and hemp; seeds were mentioned in 1737. 58 A close …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… on the said seventy three bovats;) & all the tythe of flax, milk, wooll, hens, geese, apples, gardens, and all …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Ages were wheat, barley, oats, vetch, peas and beans, flax, hemp, and apples. 43 There was both common downland …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 95 Hops were being grown in the early 18th century, 96 and flax and hemp were included in an undated list of tithable …
A History of the County of Somerset
… dredge threshed. 12 Tithes were also paid on garlic, hemp, flax, reed, and some hay. 13 In 1600 tithes included apple, … beans. Between 1630 and 1632 at least two types of peas, flax, hemp, carrots, cabbages, and onions were grown on the … the church house. In 1631 wool was spun for blankets and flax was grown and spun on the rectory estate. 4 In 1671 a …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… arable crops were wheat and beans, and some barley 5 and flax was grown, 6 but the proportion of arable land was low, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from British America, and timber, wooden wares, hemp, and flax, from the Baltic; the foreign export trade is … persons: there are likewise extensive rope-walks; a large flax-mill erected in 1807, for dressing, spinning, and …