County-level summary statistics from the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain

Table ID:

LUSGB     (1251416)

Contents:

County-level summary statistics from the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain

Approx. number of rows:

95

Table type:

Raw Data

Documentation Author:

Humphrey Southall

Chronology:

The data cover the period 1931 to 1941.

Sources:

1. These data were transcribed from Table A, 'Summary of findings of the land utilisation Survey - Scotland and Wales. All areas in acres', pp. 197-8 in L.D. Stamp, The Land of Britain: Its use and misuse, 3rd Edition (??) (London: Geographical Publications, 1963).
2. The data were computerised by Paula Aucott at Portsmouth in March 2006, with funding from the Environment Agency.

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Notes:

1. These data were computed by the LUSGB team from their maps, but the method of calculation is unknown.
2. The set of counties listed almost exactly matches those legally defined in 1931, the only exception being that Stamp reported just an overall total for Suffolk. We have estimated figures for East Suffolk and West Suffolk by allocating the acres of each land use in proportion to the two Administrative Counties' areas excluding water, as listed in table 2 of the 1931 Agricultural Census.
3. The table includes data for the Isle of Man but not the Channel Isles. London is included with Middlesex. The four Scottish cities are listed in the original table but have no data.

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Checking:

1. During data entry, the data were checked to ensure that the sum of the individual land uses for each county matched the reported total. The sum of the land uses for Bedfordshire in The Land of Britain were less than the published total by 100,000 acres, but the LUSGB County Report for Bedfordshire listed a correspondingly higher figure for 'Arable', so we used those figures.

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Indices:

Index	Type	Column(s) indexed
lusgb_pkey	Primary key	county

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Constraints:

The table has the following associated constraints:

Constraint	Type	Details
lusgb_pkey	Primary Key	See details above for primary key index

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Columns within table:

Column	Type	Contents
county	Text string (max.len.=30).	The name of the Administrative County, in England and Wales, or the Scottish County; or 'ISLE OF MAN'.
total_area	Integer number.	Total Area (Acres, excluding water).
arable	Integer number.	Arable.
perm_grass	Integer number.	Permanent Grass.
orchards	Integer number.	Orchards.
woods	Integer number.	Forests and Woodlands.
rough_grazing	Integer number.	Rough Grazing.
gardens	Integer number.	Houses with Gardens.
unproductive	Integer number.	Land Agriculturally Unproductive.
start_year	Integer number.	Year survey started in county.
end_year	Integer number.	Year survey ended in county (null if the same as start year).
g_unit	Integer number.	ID number of the county (or the Isle of Man), as defined in the AUO.
g_unit_type	Text string (max.len.=28).	Type of unit as defined in the AUO, i.e. ADM_CNTY, SCO_CNTY or (for the Isle of Man) COUNTRY.