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.
These simple graphs compare Suffolk with national trends:
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 1961-3 | 1961 |
Agricultural Census Crop Categories, 1961-3
(29) |
| Ages of fowls (chickens) as recorded by the Agricultural Census | 1961 |
Agricultural Census Categories of Fowl in 1950
(2) |
| Ages & usage of fowls (chickens) as recorded by the Agricultural Census | 1961 |
Agricultural Census Categories of Fowl in 1960
(4) |
| Basic land use categories, as reported by the Agricultural Census | 1961 |
Land Areas reported by the Agricultural Census
(6) |
| Categories of Cattle as reported by the Agricultural Census. | 1961 |
Agricultural Census Cattle Categories for 1960-61
(14) |
| Farmland Use, as reported by the Agricultural Census | 1961 |
Agricultural Census Categories for Farmland
(2) |
| Generalised agricultural crop classification for 1866-1970. | 1961 |
Agricultural Census Generalised Crop Categories
(13) |
| Generalised Cattle Categories as reported by the Agricultural Census. | 1961 |
Agricultural Census Generalised Cattle Categories
(3) |
| Generalised Crop Acreages | 1961 |
Generalised Crop Categories
(6) |
| Generalised Pig Categories as reported by the Agricultural Census. | 1961 |
Agricultural Census Generalised Pig Categories
(3) |
| Generalised Sheep Categories as reported by the Agricultural Census. | 1961 |
Agricultural Census Generalised Sheep Categories
(3) |
| Ownership of rough grazing land | 1961 |
Agricultural Census Categories for Rough Grazing
(2) |
| Pasture Use, as reported by the Agricultural Census | 1961 |
Agricultural Census Categories for Pasture
(2) |
| Total areas of reporting units | 1961 |
Total Area (for Farm Census)
(1) |
| Types of Animal reported by the Agricultural Census | 1961 |
Types of animal listed by the Agricultural Census
(6) |
| Types of goat as reported by the Agricultural Census. | 1961 |
Agricultural Census Goat Categories for 1961
(2) |
| Types of pig as reported by the Agricultural Census. | 1961 |
Agricultural Census Pig Categories for 1940-41
(8) |
| Types of poultry as recorded by the Agricultural Census. | 1961 |
Agricultural Census Poultry Categories
(4) |
| Types of sheep as reported by the Agricultural Census. | 1961 |
Agricultural Census Sheep Categories for 1960-70
(6) |
Read more about how we hold statistics here.