A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain between 1801 and 2001.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain between 1801 and 2001.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
This aspect of the Vision of Britain system presents data from two kinds of source: Agricultural Censuses, which gathered data on the kinds of crops planted and animals raised, usually from farmers; and Land Use Mapping, which actually surveyed land use, field by field. Work on this theme has been funded by DEFRA, the Environment Agency and the Frederick Soddy Trust. Our most detailed information on land use is, in fact, the complete set of the maps published by the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain, included in our 'Historical Mapping' section.
Our detailed statistics are held in structures called nCubes, which you can think of as tables with one dimension, or with two ... or with twenty. Their dimensions are defined by the variables each nCube combines, and each variable is made up of categories. These nCubes are available at national level for this theme:
| Available nCubes | Period covered | Variables (number of categories) |
|---|---|---|
| Total areas of reporting units | 1920 |
Total Area (for Farm Census)
(1) |
| Basic land use categories, as reported by the Agricultural Census | 1920 to 1921 |
Land Areas reported by the Agricultural Census
(6) |
| Farmland Use, as reported by the Agricultural Census | 1920 to 1921 |
Agricultural Census Categories for Farmland
(2) |
| Generalised Crop Acreages | 1920 |
Generalised Crop Categories
(6) |
| Acreages of different crops, as reported by the Agricultural Census for 1920. | 1920 |
Agricultural Census Crop Categories for 1920
(21) |
| Categories of Cattle as reported by the Agricultural Census. | 1920 |
Agricultural Census Cattle Categories for 1920-31
(7) |
| Categories of horse as reported by the Agricultural Census. | 1920 |
Agricultural Census Horse Categories for 1920-31
(5) |
| Generalised agricultural crop classification for 1866-1970. | 1920 |
Agricultural Census Generalised Crop Categories
(13) |
| Generalised Categories for Horses as reported by the Agricultural Census. | 1920 |
Agricultural Census Generalised Horse Categories
(2) |
| Generalised Cattle Categories as reported by the Agricultural Census. | 1920 |
Agricultural Census Generalised Cattle Categories
(3) |
| Generalised Sheep Categories as reported by the Agricultural Census. | 1920 |
Agricultural Census Generalised Sheep Categories
(3) |
| Pasture Use, as reported by the Agricultural Census | 1921 |
Agricultural Census Categories for Pasture
(2) |
| Sizes of farms as reported by the Agricultural Census. | 1920 |
Agricultural Census Farm Size Categories for 1920
(7) |
| Sizes of farms as reported by the Agricultural Census. | 1920 |
Agricultural Census Farm Size in four categories
(4) |
| Total number of farms & smallholdings | 1920 |
Total Number of Farms
(1) |
| Types of Animal reported by the Agricultural Census | 1920 |
Types of animal listed by the Agricultural Census
(6) |
| Types of pig as reported by the Agricultural Census. | 1920 |
Agricultural Census Pig Categories for 1920-30
(3) |
| Types of sheep as reported by the Agricultural Census. | 1920 |
Agricultural Census Sheep Categories for 1920-30
(4) |