Summary information
Study title
Crop Yields and Animal Carcass Weights in England, c.1700-1914
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
Study number / PID
4517 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-4517-1 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Not available
Abstract
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.
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.
Main Topics:
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.
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
01/10/1995 - 01/10/2000
Country
England
Time dimension
Time Series
Analysis unit
Text units (documents/chapters/words)
Subnational
Universe
No information recorded
Sampling procedure
Purposive selection/case studies
Kind of data
Text
Numeric
Data collection mode
Transcription of existing materials
Compilation or synthesis of existing material
Funding information
Grant number
F/181/L
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
2003
Terms of data access
The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.
Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.
Related publications
- Turner, M., Beckett, J. and Afton, B. (2001) Farm production in England 1700-1914, Oxford: Oxford University Press.ISBN 0198208049 | 9780198208044