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A History of the County of Oxford
… some farmers left arable produce worth more than their livestock. 30 Pigs, poultry, and bees were all kept in the … publican and farmer of 48 a., had 36 in 1861, and in 1865 livestock on Mount Owen farm included 87 ewes and lambs, 50 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was also noted as a cheese fair, and was important for livestock as well. The fairs in July and December were the … relied on, or indeed owed their development to, the local livestock market and tanners. The number of butchers and of … of Banbury's trade. Despite the great expansion of the livestock market, by the early 1950s it was on aluminium …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… wheat as the main cereal. The proportion of cattle among livestock remained fairly constant, while pigs became more … from Willey and Caughley. 53 Table XIII Barrow: Land use, livestock, and crops 1867 1891 1938 1965 Percentage of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Second World War sheep were by far the most widely kept livestock, but thereafter their numbers declined as pig-keeping increased. Table XIV Beckbury: Land Use, Livestock, and Crops 1867 1891 1938 1965 Percentage of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… parish. 22 The only known reference to medieval crops and livestock is from the early 13th century, when the manor was … and inventories of the period confirm the importance of livestock in the parish, 28 but some arable seems to have …
Benson (Including Fifield, Preston, Crownmarsh, Roke)
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… with London trains, and both lines still transported livestock and agricultural produce in the 1930s, bringing in …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… slopes down to the Severn. 70 Table XV Benthall: Land Use, Livestock, And Crops 1867 1891 1938 1965 Percentage of …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… abominable, with disease: 'typhus' from open privies and livestock in Paradise Row, 53 epidemics in the Nichol and …
A History of the County of Essex
… for only 150 a. of the land, 1,892 a. being rented. Livestock amounted to 81 horses, 74 cows, and 36 adult pigs. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Edmonds (d. 1721), exceptionally, left over 800 chiefly in livestock and agricultural produce. 80 Most householders in … and a tailor in 1681 left goods worth over 200, chiefly livestock and agricultural produce, while a mason and another …