ABSTRACT

English society until the mid-eighteenth century was a predominantly rural and a peasant society. Yet we know surprisingly little about peasant life. This volume originally published in 1957, presents the agrarian history of Lincolnshire from Tudor to recent times.

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|43 pages

Fenland Farming in the Sixteenth Century

chapter 2|30 pages

The Marshland in the Sixteenth Century

chapter 5|34 pages

The Fenland, 1600-1740

chapter 6|17 pages

The Marshland, 1600-1740

chapter 7|20 pages

The Uplands, 1600-1740

chapter 9|8 pages

Population and Prosperity, 1740-1870

chapter 10|32 pages

The Fenland, 1740-1870

chapter 11|20 pages

The Marshland, 1740-1870

chapter 12|26 pages

The Uplands, 1740-1870

chapter 13|27 pages

The Clays and Miscellaneous Soils, 1740-1870