Yeoman Farming in Oxfordshire from the Sixteenth Century to the Nineteenth

Abstract

Current views regarding the decline of yeoman farming in England, 294. — The situation in Oxfordshire from 1755–1832 as shown by the Land Tax returns, 298. — Comparison of the conditions of 1785 with those of the sixteenth century, 308. — Effect of the enclosures of 1755–1832 upon yeoman farming in Oxfordshire, 313. — Connection between earlier enclosures and yeoman farming, 320. — Antecedent conditions needing investigation, 323.