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A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… the 29 farmers returned in the parish in 1896 272 worked smallholdings and nearly half of the 23 farmers returned in 1926 had less than 20 a. 273 In 1976 five smallholdings of under 20 ha. (50 a.), worked on a part-time …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… council, apparently with the lordship. 48 To provide smallholdings, the council also acquired 136 a. of vicarial …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… land on the fringes of the royal demesne created numerous smallholdings. Their occupants, often miners or quarrymen, … been added to the two parishes. In the late 20th century smallholdings, usually worked part-time, were still …