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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… chiefly in the exportation of grain, potatoes, and other agricultural produce. About fifteen vessels are registered as … under the auspices of the Earl of Galloway, the various agricultural improvements that originated in the county of … accommodation; and in the exportation of grain and other agricultural produce, black-cattle, sheep, swine, and wool, …
A History of the County of Northampton
… properties. The sale of the cottages and a decline in agricultural employment after the Second World War led to a … War, when much of the land was ploughed up and remained in agricultural use after 1945. 23 After the war the mansion, … 1777 a visitor described how Mrs. Prowse entertained the labourers and their families (some 60 people in all) at …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… was still tenanted. 12 About 1830 the parish contained 143 labourers aged over 20, and 59 younger ones. 13 Tensions between labourers and their employers sometimes broke out into arson: … 15 In 1851 Wicken village could produce c. 120 adult labourers and the fen cottages c. 40 more, a number almost …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… (O.S. 6 in. (a)ix. S.W. (b)xiv. N.W.) Widdington is an agricultural parish and small village on a by-road about 5 m. …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… the several impropriators. 96 ECONOMIC HISTORY. Medieval agricultural arrangements are obscure. The extension of the … the east of the parish. 24 There is little evidence of non-agricultural employment in the parish, but at Wilberfoss a … 26 and a brewer in 1823, 27 and at Newton there was an agricultural implement maker in the late 19th century. 28 The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… evidence of iron smelting and wool working, and of a mixed agricultural economy based on arable farming and the keeping …