Search
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Brictric's estate at that time. 8 In 1297 50 a. of arable and small acreages of pasture and meadow were recorded on the manorial demesne, 9 which was … Hist of Glos. i, p. 354, says that the parish was more in tillage than pasture but presumably discounted the park-land. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the centre of the parish, between heath in the north-west and closes and woods in the south-east. The three principal manors had … Cheveley estate in 1816. 63 The traditional sheep and corn husbandry survived the late 19th-century depression by …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… The ancient parish of Woodford lies between Salisbury and Amesbury, on the western side of the River Avon. The … is bounded on the east by the winding course of the river and on the west by the old turnpike road from Salisbury to … some recent inclosure of common; regulations to protect husbandry from sheep-rearing and to preserve the extent of …
A History of the County of Essex
… the economic life of the village, providing timber and some pasture, while restricting the amount of arable … was densely wooded. 1 Monkhams was originally all wood, and there also pannage was important. 2 Some clearances had … 4 a. of pasture at Woodford which had been converted to tillage. 5 By the 17th century the demesne was largely …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Selkirk; containing, with the village of Ettrick-Bridge and part of Yarrowford, 1264 inhabitants. This place, which … among the successful competitors in every department of husbandry. Considerable attention is paid to the livestock. … than the plough; and the small portions of land under tillage present in many parts specimens of great industry. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… several summits. There is a barrow on it in the south and, also in the south, it was marked by many stones and … 44 a., and none of the copyholds exceeded 20 a. 79 Common husbandry was presumably eliminated as copyholds fell in hand … all in single ownership in the 18th century, 91 and common husbandry was eliminated between 1711 and 1795. 92 Two new …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1853. 19 In 1086 Yelford manor had land for 3 ploughs, 20 and there may have been other, unrecorded, land in the … estates there comprised a ploughland, 10½ yardlands, and some odd acres, a total of perhaps 15 yardlands. 21 In … land for only £200, but with a fine of £50 an acre for new tillage. Many of Wadham's nominal lessees, such as Mary …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Vaenor Isav Y Yerbeston YERBESTON, a parish, in the union and hundred of Narberth, county of Pembroke, South Wales, 4 … situated near the turnpike-road from Pembroke to Narberth, and comprises a small extent of land, all inclosed and … The soil in general is fertile, and well adapted to tillage, in which the farmers are chiefly employed. There are …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Stodden, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (E.) from Higham-Ferrers; … comprises 1912 acres, of which 836 are arable, 800 meadow and pasture, 10 woodland, and 177 common, roads, and waste. … crop is cultivated in the county; and the systems of tillage, owing to the diversity of soils and situations, are …