Farmland Use, as reported by the Agricultural Census
| Year | Permanent Grass | Arable |
|---|---|---|
| 1866 |
10,255,748
|
14,290,759
|
| 1869 |
11,623,628
|
14,277,513
|
| 1871 |
11,376,298
|
14,946,179
|
| 1877 |
12,590,299
|
14,452,893
|
| 1881 |
13,471,238
|
13,977,662
|
| 1885 |
14,122,478
|
13,576,135
|
| 1891 |
15,097,549
|
12,903,582
|
| 1900 |
15,320,922
|
12,217,208
|
| 1901 |
15,399,025
|
12,118,289
|
| 1910 |
15,972,144
|
11,320,444
|
| 1920 |
14,487,266
|
12,019,745
|
| 1921 |
14,525,835
|
11,618,236
|
| 1930 |
15,547,498
|
9,832,949
|
| 1931 |
15,700,892
|
9,582,428
|
| 1940 |
14,432,705
|
10,139,088
|
| 1941 |
12,828,770
|
11,758,256
|
| 1950 |
10,496,120
|
13,949,230
|
| 1951 |
10,785,670
|
13,680,051
|
| 1960 |
10,780,345
|
13,665,168
|
| 1961 |
10,748,583
|
13,645,112
|
| 1970 |
9,885,465
|
13,905,015
|
| 1971 |
9,798,328
|
14,001,341
|
| Date: | Source: |
|---|---|
| 1866 - 1971 | Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural Statistics (HM Stationery Office) , |
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| Date: | Acknowledgments: |
|---|---|
| 1869 - 1885 | Robert Schwartz (Department of History, Mount Holyoke College). Role: transcriber. Restrictions on use: the contributor must be acknowledged but the data may be freely used for non-commercial purposes. |
| 1871 - 1901 | David Allan Gatley (School of Social Sciences, University of Staffordshire). Role: transcriber. Restrictions on use: the contributor must be acknowledged but the data may be freely used for non-commercial purposes. |
| 1960 - 1971 | Department of the Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs (Farming Statistics Team). Role: creator. Restrictions on use: the material may be re-used free of charge in any format or medium. You must re-use it accurately and not in a misleading context. You must acknowledge the material as Crown copyright and give the title of the document/publication. |
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The Agricultural Census was not primarily a land use survey, but it did record the area of 'Arable Land' in each farm, and the area of 'Permanent Grass'. The latter was sometimes sub-divided into grass 'for Hay' and 'not for Hay'. The Scottish Farm Census in 1961 classified grassland not into 'Permanent' and 'Rotation' but into grassland aged over and under 7 years old; we treat the latter as being equivalent to 'rotation', and therefore as arable. We do not include the area of 'Rough Grazings' here as it was not r...
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