An Improving Prospect?

A History of Agricultural Change in Cumbria

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Dispelling the myth that farming changed little before the Agricultural Revolution in the 18th century, this study draws on archaeological and documentary evidence to record its development in Cumbria from the Neolithic to the present. After explaining the county’s geology and topography, it follows the introduction of large-scale sheep farming by medieval monasteries, Tudor improvement policies, the Enclosure Acts and 20th-century mechanization, before assessing the future of the region’s agriculture.

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