The Agricultural Revolution in South Lincolnshire

The new farming methods which so radically changed English agriculture in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries were not adopted immediately by all farmers.

The way in which the agricultural geography of the area was changed by the new methods is discussed, and in addition Dr Grigg shows how the conditions of each agricultural region affected farmers' response to the new methods.

Part I. Agriculture During the Napoleonic Wars: 1. The Land
2. Prices and Progress
3. Farming Methods and Productivity
4. The Patterns of Land Use
5. Landlords, Farmers and Farms
6. The Agricultural Regions
Part II. Agriculture After 1815: 7. Paradox and Progress
8. The Age of Improvement
9. The New Agricultural Geography
10. The Changing Regional Pattern
11. Some Conclusions.