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Series
Home Office: Parish Acreage Returns
Catalogue reference: HO 67
What's it about?
HO 67
Returns for the several parishes in England and Wales showing the number of acres in each parish devoted to the different crops. The series contains a total of about 4,500 returns for England and nearly 550 for Wales, showing the number of acres...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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HO 67
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Title (The name of the record)
- Home Office: Parish Acreage Returns
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Date (When the record was created)
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1801
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Description (What the record is about)
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Returns for the several parishes in England and Wales showing the number of acres in each parish devoted to the different crops. The series contains a total of about 4,500 returns for England and nearly 550 for Wales, showing the number of acres devoted to wheat, barley, oats, potatoes, peas, beans, turnips, rape, rye and other crops. Nottinghamshire is the only county totally unrepresented.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The returns are arranged in alphabetical order of parishes under their respective dioceses.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For information regarding later returns see MAF 68
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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26 bundle(s)
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Prompted by high wartime grain prices and fears for the country's ability to feed itself, the Home Secretary in 1801 requested a survey of arable land in England and Wales by asking the bishops of the 26 dioceses to distribute forms to their parish clergy for completion.
Since the farming community suspected that the information was required for tax or tithe assessments, they may have understated their true acreage.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- A complete transcript of the Home Office Acreage Returns List and Analysis has been published by the List and Index Society, Vols 189, 190 & 195.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8931/
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