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A History of the County of Shropshire
… 90 In 1801 the main arable crops were barley, wheat, and turnips. 91 In 1839 over four fifths of the parish was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… land; the soil is fertile, producing wheat, barley, turnips, &c.; the surface is rather hilly. The manufacture of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… oats, and peas were grown and, by the late 17th century, turnips. 29 Hop close, in the village, was mentioned in 1680. …
Benson (Including Fifield, Preston, Crownmarsh, Roke)
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… wholly inclosed). 12 Fallows were planted with clover and turnips and grazed by cattle and sheep, 13 with penalties for …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… four horses might be used. Fairly few sheep were kept. Turnips were being introduced, while hemp was 'almost … a. of oats, 20 a. of peas, 20 a. of clover, and 10 a. of turnips, with 10 a. of fallow. Much, if not all, of the wood …
Berrick Salome
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… the chief crops, with a few potatoes, mangolds, and turnips or swedes, while over 450 poultry were kept on the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… All kinds of grain are produced, as well as potatoes and turnips, with a small quantity of flax. The cattle, which … producing grain of good quality, and also potatoes and turnips. Sea-weed, of which abundance is found on the coast, … barley are the usual grain cultivated, and potatoes and turnips, with grass for pasture and hay, also form a …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… breeders at about three years old, they were fed on turnips and meadow hay from October to May and on meadow hay … permitted to sow 'the usual sort of crop', beans, peas, or turnips and 'garden things except potatoes'. The 5-a. field … up. At least some of the vegetable crops were for fodder. Turnips, which were grown by Katharine Carter in a field …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… at least 4,194 sheep, were kept. They were folded on the turnips and grass leys, which with wheat, barley, oats, peas, …