A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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.
We hold these detailed statistics for Monksilver, which we graph and tabulate here:
| Available datasets | Period covered | Variables (number of categories) |
|---|---|---|
| 1801 Crop Acreages | 1801 |
1801 Crop Return categories
(65) |
| 1801 Crop Return Total Acreage | 1801 |
1801 Crop Return Category Total
(1) |
| Generalised Crop Acreages | 1801 |
Generalised Crop Categories
(6) |
| Total areas of reporting units | 1801 |
Total Area (for Farm Census)
(1) |
Read more about how we hold statistics here.