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 Suffolk, which we graph and tabulate here:
| Available datasets | Period covered | Variables (number of categories) |
|---|---|---|
| Acreages of different crops, as reported by Agricultural Censuses 1922-35 | 1931 |
Agricultural Census Crop Categories, 1922-
(22) |
| Basic land use categories, as reported by the Agricultural Census | 1921 to 1951 |
Land Areas reported by the Agricultural Census
(6) |
| Categories of Cattle as reported by the Agricultural Census. | 1931 |
Agricultural Census Cattle Categories for 1920-31
(7) |
| Categories of horse as reported by the Agricultural Census. | 1931 |
Agricultural Census Horse Categories for 1920-31
(5) |
| Farmland Use, as reported by the Agricultural Census | 1921 to 1951 |
Agricultural Census Categories for Farmland
(2) |
| Farmland Use, as reported by the Land Utilisation Survey | 1931 |
Land Utilisation Survey farmland categories
(2) |
| Farmworkers, as reported by the Agricultural Census | 1931 |
Agricultural Census Categories for Farmworkers in 1930
(6) |
| Farmworkers, as reported by the Agricultural Census | 1931 |
Agricultural Census Generalised Categories for Farmworkers
(5) |
| Generalised agricultural crop classification for 1866-1970. | 1931 |
Agricultural Census Generalised Crop Categories
(13) |
| Generalised Categories for Horses as reported by the Agricultural Census. | 1931 |
Agricultural Census Generalised Horse Categories
(2) |
| Generalised Cattle Categories as reported by the Agricultural Census. | 1931 |
Agricultural Census Generalised Cattle Categories
(3) |
| Generalised Crop Acreages | 1931 |
Generalised Crop Categories
(6) |
| Generalised Sheep Categories as reported by the Agricultural Census. | 1931 |
Agricultural Census Generalised Sheep Categories
(3) |
| Land Utilisation in the 1930s (LUSGB data) | 1931 |
Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain categories
(6) |
| Pasture Use, as reported by the Agricultural Census | 1921 to 1941 |
Agricultural Census Categories for Pasture
(2) |
| Sizes of farms as reported by the Agricultural Census. | 1931 |
Agricultural Census Farm Size in four categories
(4) |
| Sizes of farms as reported by the Agricultural Census. | 1931 |
Agricultural Census Farm Size Categories for 1920
(7) |
| Total area, in acres | 1931 |
Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain Total
(1) |
| Total areas of reporting units | 1921 to 1951 |
Total Area (for Farm Census)
(1) |
| Total Farm Workforce, as reported by the Agricultural Census | 1931 |
Variable for total number of farmworkers
(1) |
| Total number of farms & smallholdings | 1931 |
Total Number of Farms
(1) |
| Types of Animal reported by the Agricultural Census | 1931 |
Types of animal listed by the Agricultural Census
(6) |
| Types of pig as reported by the Agricultural Census. | 1931 |
Agricultural Census Pig Categories for 1920-30
(3) |
| Types of poultry as recorded by the Agricultural Census. | 1931 |
Agricultural Census Poultry Categories
(4) |
| Types of sheep as reported by the Agricultural Census. | 1931 |
Agricultural Census Sheep Categories for 1920-30
(4) |
Read more about how we hold statistics here.