Gloucestershire Ancient County : 1801 Crop Acreages

1801 Crop Acreages

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1801 Crop Return categories 1801
Wheat 44,746 Show data context
Barley 30,118 Show data context
Oats 18,091 Show data context
Potatoes 2,407 Show data context
Peas 4,875 Show data context
Beans 10,571 Show data context
Peas & Beans 174 Show data context
Turnips 2,933 Show data context
Turnips or Rape 8,519 Show data context
Rye 252 Show data context
Other 14 Show data context
Date Source
1801 Home Office: Parish Acreage Returns

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Date Acknowledgments
1801 (1) Michael Turner (Department of Economic History, University of Hull). Role: transcriber. Restrictions on use: the contributor must be acknowledged but the data may be freely used for non-commercial purposes. (2) Great Britain Historical GIS Project (Department of Geography, University of Portsmouth). Role: digitiser. Restrictions on use: the data may be freely used.

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The full National Statistics Socio-cconomic Classification includes classes for persons of working age who were outside the workforce, i.e. those who have never worked, the long-term unemployed and full-time students, who are included here as a separate sub-total and should be excluded in the calculation of rates.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Gloucestershire Ancient County through time | Historical Statistics on Agriculture & Land Use | 1801 Crop Acreages, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 04th June 2026