Huntingdonshire Ancient County : Types of Animal reported by the Agricultural Census

Types of Animal reported by the Agricultural Census

Data cube chart.

Year Horses Cattle Sheep Pigs
1871 9,169 Show data context 22,317 Show data context 148,235 Show data context 22,180 Show data context
1881 10,586 Show data context 27,020 Show data context 135,824 Show data context 17,272 Show data context
1891 11,498 Show data context 33,619 Show data context 119,129 Show data context 23,019 Show data context
1901 10,954 Show data context 85,393 Show data context 15,478 Show data context
Date Source
1871 - 1901 Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural Statistics (HM Stationery Office) ,

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Date Acknowledgments
1901 David Allan Gatley (School of Social Sciences, University of Staffordshire). Role: transcriber. Restrictions on use: the contributor must be acknowledged but the data may be freely used for non-commercial purposes.

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nCube definition


Housing density, simplified to under 1 person per room, 1 to 1.5, and over 1.5. Data for these categories can be computed for districts in England and Wales for all censuses from 1931 onwards, but for Scotland they can only be computed for 1971 on.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Huntingdonshire Ancient County through time | Historical Statistics on Agriculture & Land Use | Types of Animal reported by the Agricultural Census, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10090295/cube/AGCEN_ANIMALS

Date accessed: 05th June 2026