Cornwall Administrative County (pre-1974) : Agriculture & Land Use Statistics

Created: 1889   Abolished: 1974

These simple graphs compare Cornwall with national trends:


We hold these detailed statistics for Cornwall, which we graph and tabulate here:

Available datasets Period covered Variables (number of categories)
Acreages of different crops, as reported by Agricultural Censuses 1922-35 1931 Agricultural Census Crop Categories, 1922- (22)
Acreages of different crops, as reported by Agricultural Censuses 1961-3 1961 Agricultural Census Crop Categories, 1961-3 (29)
Ages of fowls (chickens) as recorded by the Agricultural Census 1961 Agricultural Census Categories of Fowl in 1950 (2)
Ages & usage of fowls (chickens) as recorded by the Agricultural Census 1961 Agricultural Census Categories of Fowl in 1960 (4)
Basic land use categories, as reported by the Agricultural Census 1921 to 1961 Land Areas reported by the Agricultural Census (6)
Categories of Cattle as reported by the Agricultural Census. 1961 Agricultural Census Cattle Categories for 1960-61 (14)
Categories of Cattle as reported by the Agricultural Census. 1931 Agricultural Census Cattle Categories for 1920-31 (7)
Categories of horse as reported by the Agricultural Census. 1931 Agricultural Census Horse Categories for 1920-31 (5)
Farmland Use, as reported by the Agricultural Census 1921 to 1961 Agricultural Census Categories for Farmland (2)
Farmland Use, as reported by the Land Utilisation Survey 1931 Land Utilisation Survey farmland categories (2)
Farmworkers, as reported by the Agricultural Census 1931 Agricultural Census Categories for Farmworkers in 1930 (6)
Farmworkers, as reported by the Agricultural Census 1931 Agricultural Census Generalised Categories for Farmworkers (5)
Generalised agricultural crop classification for 1866-1970. 1931 to 1961 Agricultural Census Generalised Crop Categories (13)
Generalised Categories for Horses as reported by the Agricultural Census. 1931 Agricultural Census Generalised Horse Categories (2)
Generalised Cattle Categories as reported by the Agricultural Census. 1931 to 1961 Agricultural Census Generalised Cattle Categories (3)
Generalised Crop Acreages 1931 to 1961 Generalised Crop Categories (6)
Generalised Pig Categories as reported by the Agricultural Census. 1961 Agricultural Census Generalised Pig Categories (3)
Generalised Sheep Categories as reported by the Agricultural Census. 1931 to 1961 Agricultural Census Generalised Sheep Categories (3)
Land Utilisation in the 1930s (LUSGB data) 1931 Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain categories (6)
Ownership of rough grazing land 1961 Agricultural Census Categories for Rough Grazing (2)
Pasture Use, as reported by the Agricultural Census 1921 to 1961 Agricultural Census Categories for Pasture (2)
Sizes of farms as reported by the Agricultural Census. 1931 Agricultural Census Farm Size in four categories (4)
Sizes of farms as reported by the Agricultural Census. 1931 Agricultural Census Farm Size Categories for 1920 (7)
Total area, in acres 1931 Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain Total (1)
Total areas of reporting units 1921 to 1961 Total Area (for Agricultural Census) (1)
Total Farm Workforce, as reported by the Agricultural Census 1931 Variable for total number of farmworkers (1)
Total number of farms & smallholdings 1931 Total Number of Farms (1)
Types of Animal reported by the Agricultural Census 1931 to 1961 Types of animal listed by the Agricultural Census (6)
Types of goat as reported by the Agricultural Census. 1961 Agricultural Census Goat Categories for 1961 (2)
Types of pig as reported by the Agricultural Census. 1931 Agricultural Census Pig Categories for 1920-30 (3)
Types of pig as reported by the Agricultural Census. 1961 Agricultural Census Pig Categories for 1940-41 (8)
Types of poultry as recorded by the Agricultural Census. 1931 to 1961 Agricultural Census Poultry Categories (4)
Types of sheep as reported by the Agricultural Census. 1961 Agricultural Census Sheep Categories for 1960-70 (6)
Types of sheep as reported by the Agricultural Census. 1931 Agricultural Census Sheep Categories for 1920-30 (4)

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