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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… beside the Ebble and its tributary were replaced by watercress beds. 15 Evidence of early human activity in the … Knowle farm also many trees were planted after 1967. 341 Watercress beds had been constructed west of the lane leading … 1923. 342 Only those west of the lane were still used for watercress in 1984. There were then 5 a. of beds; cress was …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… by a narrow lane through the water meadows. Here the watercress industry is in full progress, since the river with its luxuriously growing watercress beds makes a detour between and behind the several …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… affords occupation to breeders of ducks and cultivators of watercress. It also turns the wheels of three corn-mills, the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… War beef production was encouraged by the government. 371 Watercress was cultivated in the Henton and Chinnor brooks as …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… pigs were returned for Cold Aston. 286 In the early 1920s watercress was cultivated in beds by the Windrush upstream of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… used for commercial forestry. 227 R. W. Williamson made watercress beds on a tributary of the Nadder south-east of Dengrove Farm between 1900 and 1914. 228 Watercress growing was revived c. 1944 by the firm of H. and … members of the Williamson family used the beds to grow watercress. Beds of c. 2 a. south of Brook Waters, fed by …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… mills and in the 20th century have been used to grow watercress. 13 There are ponds at the sources of the two … to mixed farming. 281 R. W. Williamson in 1893 made watercress beds measuring 6 a. on the site of Charlton Mill … his grandson, Mr. R. W. Williamson, cultivated c. 4 a. of watercress beds there and west of Cats Hill Lane. 282 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of the moor was not completely drained and after use as watercress beds again became the home of wildfowl, and in … 168 Nearly 100 a. near Black Peak were laid down as watercress beds c. 1890 and their produce was exported to …
A History of the County of Hertford
… exist in the neighbourhood, and there are also large watercress beds by the river side. The great feature of the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… the site of the old church, east of the vicarage near the watercress bed, marked by the tombstone of Mr. John Digweed … and chalk. The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats, and watercress is also grown. There are 905 acres of arable land, …