Sutherland 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 Poultry
1871 2,384 Show data context 10,375 Show data context 216,454 Show data context 1,477 Show data context
1881 2,788 Show data context 12,875 Show data context 214,534 Show data context 1,073 Show data context
1891 2,547 Show data context 12,295 Show data context 216,169 Show data context 1,297 Show data context
1901 2,558 Show data context 205,746 Show data context 737 Show data context
1931 1,816 Show data context 8,611 Show data context 214,243 Show data context 417 Show data context
1961 12,024 Show data context 238,595 Show data context 356 Show data context 27,339 Show data context
Date Source
1871 - 1901 Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural Statistics (HM Stationery Office) ,
1931 - 1961 Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland, Scottish Agricultural Statistics (HM Stationery Office) ,

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The 1801 crop returns list differing crops for different parishes, so these data need to be treated with some care; a total of 63 crops or combinations of crops are listed, but many are very similar. Note that a great many parishes were missing from the data, and some additional parish names could not be identified, matched more than one parish within the named county, or lacked information on the county they were in. Nottinghamshire is completely missing. County totals include data for parishes that could not ...


be identified. The national total for England includes parishes with missing county information. The national total for England is also used as the total for England and Wales, to permit the web site to present comparisons with national totals, even though the returns contain no data on Wales.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Sutherland 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/10170102/cube/AGCEN_ANIMALS

Date accessed: 04th June 2026