Derbyshire Ancient County : Basic land use categories, as reported by the Agricultural Census

Basic land use categories, as reported by the Agricultural Census

Data cube chart.

Year Farmland Rough Grazings Woods Orchards Market Gardens Nursery Grounds
1871 23,360 Show data context 1,923 Show data context
1881 512,334 Show data context 24,624 Show data context 797 Show data context 457 Show data context 375 Show data context
1891 512,593 Show data context 25,428 Show data context 1,067 Show data context 884 Show data context 437 Show data context
1901 493,707 Show data context 38,204 Show data context 25,760 Show data context 1,042 Show data context
1911 488,342 Show data context 35,927 Show data context
Date Source
1871 - 1911 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


Numbers of persons of each sex who are economically active or inactive, as recorded by the Census of Population.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Derbyshire Ancient County through time | Historical Statistics on Agriculture & Land Use | Basic land use categories, as reported by the Agricultural Census, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 03rd June 2026