The Rural Economy of the West of England: Including Devonshire, and Parts of Somersetshire, Dorsetshire, and Cornwall

William Marshall

doi:10.1017/CBO9781107375130

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Including Devonshire, and Parts of Somersetshire, Dorsetshire, and Cornwall

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Volume 1
William Marshall

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: October 2014
Print publication year:: 2013
Online ISBN:: 9781107375130
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107375130

Subjects:: Social and Population History, Geography, British History after 1450, Historical Geography, History, Economic History
Series:: Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th & 18th Centuries

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Between 1787 and 1798, the agricultural writer and land agent William Marshall (1745–1818) published a number of works on the rural economies of England, covering Norfolk, his native Yorkshire, Gloucestershire, the Midlands and the South. This two-volume study appeared in 1796 and investigated the farming, geography, public works and produce of districts in Devon, Somerset, Dorset and Cornwall. Volume 1 looks in detail at West Devon, the eastern parts of Cornwall, and the South Hams. The coverage includes aspects of the laws surrounding land ownership, farming implements peculiar to the areas, woodland management, orchards and the production of fruit-based liquors. The result is a richly detailed survey of the area in the Georgian period and an important record of rural and agricultural life, so often overlooked by other contemporary chroniclers.

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The Rural Economy of the West of England

Including Devonshire, and Parts of Somersetshire, Dorsetshire, and Cornwall

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-xxviii

ADVERTISEMENT
pp xxix-xxxviii

THE WEST OF ENGLAND
pp 1-6

DISTRICT THE FIRST. WEST DEVONSHIRE, &c
pp 7-7

SECT. I - Its Natural Characters
pp 8-19

SECT. II - Its present State, as a Part of the National Domain
pp 20-42

SECT. III - Its present State, as private Property
pp 43-52

THE RURAL ECONOMY OF THIS DISTRICT
pp 53-56

DIVISION THE FIRST - LANDED ESTATES, AND THEIR MANAGEMENT

SECT. I - Estates
pp 57-58

SECT. II - Management of Estates
pp 58-82

DIVISION THE SECOND - WOODLANDS, THEIR PROPAGATION AND MANAGEMENT

SECT. I - Woodlands
pp 83-85

SECT. II - Propagation
pp 86-87

SECT. III - Management
pp 87-97

DIVISION THE THIRD - AGRICULTURE

SECT. I - Farms
pp 98-104

SECT. II - Farmers
pp 104-106

SECT. III - Workpeople
pp 107-113

SECT. IV - Beasts of Labor
pp 113-119

SECT. V - Implements
pp 119-129

SECT. VI - The Weather
pp 129-130

SECT. VII - Plan of Management
pp 130-137

SECT. VIII - Management of the Soil
pp 137-152

SECT. IX - Manures and Management
pp 153-163

SECT. X - Semination
pp 164-164

SECT. XI - Management of Growing Crops
pp 164-165

SECT. XII - Harvesting
pp 166-179

SECT. XIII - Management of Harvested Crops
pp 179-185

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