The Rural Economy of the West of England 2 Volume Set
Including Devonshire, and Parts of Somersetshire, Dorsetshire, and Cornwall

A 1796 two-volume study of the farming, geography, public works and produce of districts in Devon, Somerset, Dorset and Cornwall.

William Marshall (Author)

9781108067553, Cambridge University Press

Multiple-component retail product, published 21 November 2013

794 pages, 1 map
21.6 x 13.9 x 4.4 cm, 0.96 kg

Between 1787 and 1798, the agricultural writer and land agent William Marshall (1745–1818) published a number of works on the rural economies of England, covering Norfolk, his native Yorkshire, Gloucestershire, the Midlands and the South. This two-volume study appeared in 1796 and investigated the farming, geography, public works and produce of districts in Devon, Somerset, Dorset and Cornwall. Volume 1 looks in detail at West Devon, the eastern parts of Cornwall, and the South Hams. Volume 2 looks in detail at the upland areas of Cornwall and Devon, at Dartmoor, North Devon, the vales of Exeter and Taunton, and West Dorset. The coverage includes aspects of the laws surrounding land ownership, notes on the dairy industry, and suggested improvements to farming practices. The result is a richly detailed survey of the area in the Georgian period and an important record of rural and agricultural life, so often overlooked by other contemporary chroniclers.

Volume 1: Advertisement
Introductory remarks on surveying a country
Division of this department of England into districts
Part I. Devonshire: 1. West Devonshire, including the eastern parts of Cornwall
2. The South Hams of Devonshire
Retrospective view of south Devonshire
A list of rates in west Devonshire
Provincialisms of west Devonshire. Volume 2: 3. The mountains of Cornwall and Devonshire
Excursions in Cornwall
Dartmore, and its uncultivated environs
4. North Devonshire
5. The Vale of Exeter
6. The dairy district of west Dorsetshire
7. The Vale of Taunton
Retrospective view of the west of England
Minutes in west Devonshire.

Subject Areas: Economic history [KCZ]