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 London, which we graph and tabulate here:
| Available datasets | Period covered | Variables (number of categories) |
|---|---|---|
| Acreages of different crops, as reported by the Agricultural Census for 1891 through 1901. | 1901 |
Agricultural Census Crop Categories, 1891-1901
(18) |
| Acreages of different crops, as reported by the Agricultural Census for 1910. | 1911 |
Agricultural Census Crop Categories for 1910
(19) |
| Acreages of farms by type of tenure. | 1901 |
Agricultural Census Tenure-type Categories for 1891
(2) |
| Ages of sheep as reported by the Agricultural Census. | 1901 |
Agricultural Census Sheep Categories for 1900-10
(3) |
| Basic land use categories, as reported by the Agricultural Census | 1901 to 1911 |
Land Areas reported by the Agricultural Census
(6) |
| Categories of Cattle as reported by the Agricultural Census. | 1911 |
Agricultural Census Cattle Categories for 1910-11
(5) |
| Categories of Cattle as reported by the Agricultural Census. | 1901 |
Agricultural Census Cattle Categories for 1900-01
(4) |
| Categories of horse as reported by the Agricultural Census. | 1901 |
Agricultural Census Horse Categories for 1900-10
(3) |
| Farmland Use, as reported by the Agricultural Census | 1901 to 1911 |
Agricultural Census Categories for Farmland
(2) |
| Generalised agricultural crop classification for 1866-1970. | 1901 to 1911 |
Agricultural Census Generalised Crop Categories
(13) |
| Generalised Categories for Horses as reported by the Agricultural Census. | 1901 |
Agricultural Census Generalised Horse Categories
(2) |
| Generalised Cattle Categories as reported by the Agricultural Census. | 1901 to 1911 |
Agricultural Census Generalised Cattle Categories
(3) |
| Generalised Crop Acreages | 1901 to 1911 |
Generalised Crop Categories
(6) |
| Generalised Sheep Categories as reported by the Agricultural Census. | 1901 |
Agricultural Census Generalised Sheep Categories
(3) |
| Pasture Use, as reported by the Agricultural Census | 1901 |
Agricultural Census Categories for Pasture
(2) |
| Total areas of reporting units | 1901 to 1911 |
Total Area (for Farm Census)
(1) |
| Types of Animal reported by the Agricultural Census | 1901 |
Types of animal listed by the Agricultural Census
(6) |
| Types of pig as reported by the Agricultural Census. | 1901 |
Agricultural Census Pig Categories for 1900-10
(2) |
Read more about how we hold statistics here.