Crop Yields and Animal Carcass Weights in England, c.1700-1914

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The aim of the Leverhulme funded project was to extract crop yields and carcass weights from farm records that survive for the period 1700-1914. The objective was to use the data to construct a history of farm production in England for that period.

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The data on yields for wheat, barley, oats, rye, peas and beans include: archival references; county and parish of locations; year; and yield in quarters per acre. For other crops an indication of the volumetric measure used has been provided. The data on carcass weights include: archival references; county and location; month and year of sale; deadweight in lbs; and descriptive information regarding the breed or variety of animal. Data on sheep have been divided into ewes, lambs, sheep and wethers; those for pigs into bacon pigs, porkers, hogs, pigs and sows; and those for cattle into calves, cows/heifers and beef cattle. Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would therefore not be useful for personal family history research.

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Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-4517-1
Metadata Access https://datacatalogue.cessda.eu/oai-pmh/v0/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_ddi25&identifier=f1c8f4e708c5112a22c0356266f0a49adda5819747a67978c2363078a9388366
Provenance
Creator Afton, B., University of Hull, Department of Economic and Social History; Beckett, J., University of Nottingham; Turner, M., University of Hull, Department of Economic and Social History
Publisher UK Data Service
Publication Year 2003
Funding Reference Leverhulme Trust
Rights Copyright M. Turner, J. Beckett and B. Afton; <p>The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the <a href="https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/cd137-enduserlicence.pdf" target="_blank">End User Licence Agreement</a>.</p><p>Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.</p>
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Resource Type Text; Numeric
Discipline History; Humanities
Spatial Coverage Bedfordshire; Berkshire; Buckinghamshire; Cambridgeshire; Cornwall; Cumberland; Devon; Dorset; Durham (County); East Sussex; Essex; Gloucestershire; Hampshire; Herefordshire; Hertfordshire; Huntingdonshire; Isle of Wight; Kent; Lancashire; Leicestershire; Lincolnshire; Norfolk; Northamptonshire; Northumberland; Nottinghamshire; Oxfordshire; Shropshire; Somerset; Staffordshire; Suffolk; Warwickshire; West Sussex; Westmorland; Wiltshire; Worcestershire; Yorkshire East Riding; Yorkshire North Riding; Yorkshire West Riding; England