Agricultural History Review, Volume 27 (1979)

Articles, Part 1

Ian D. Whyte, Written Leases and their Impact on Scottish Agriculture in the Seventeenth Century, pp. 1–9

Andrew Jones, Land Measurement in England, 1150-1350, pp. 10–18

W. J. Carlyle, The Changing Distribution of Breeds of Sheep in Scotland, 1795-1965, pp. 19–29

Stuart MacDonald, The Diffusion of Knowledge among Northumberland Farmers, 1780-1815, pp. 30–39

Cormac O Grada, The Landlord and Agricultural Transformation, 1870-1900: A Comment on Richard Perren's Hypothesis, pp. 40–42

Richard Perren, The Landlord and Agricultural Transformation, 1870-1900: A Rejoinder, pp. 43–46

Edith H. Whetham, The Trade in Pedigree Livestock 1850-1910, pp. 47–50

Articles, Part 2

Roger Kain, Tithe as an Index of Pre-industrial Agricultural Production, pp. 73–81

C. J. Harrison, Elizabethan Village Surveys: A Comment, pp. 82–89

P. R. Edwards, The Horse Trade of the Midlands in the Seventeenth Century, pp. 90–100

J. M. Martin, Members of Parliament and Enclosure: A Reconsideration, pp. 101–109

P. E. Dewey, Government Provision of Farm Labour in England and Wales, 1914-18, pp. 110–121

Michael Zell, Accounts of a Sheep and Corn Farm, 1558-60, pp. 122–128

Reviews, Part 1

Grahame Clark, World Prehistory in New Perspective (3rd edn, 1977), reviewed by Axel Steensberg, p. 59

G. E. Fussell, Farms, Farmers and Society, Systems of Food Production and Population Numbers (1976), reviewed by Michael Havinden, p. 59

Mary Harvey, The Morphological and Tenurial Structure of a Yorkshire Township: Preston in Holderness, 1066-1750 (1978), reviewed by David Hey, p. 60

Harold Richardson (ed.), Court Rolls of the Manor of Acomb (Yorks. Archaeological Soc. Rec. Ser. II, CXXXVII, 1978), reviewed by Andrew Jones, p. 60

Monique Chauvin, Les comptes de la châtellenie de Lamballe, 1387-1482 (1977), reviewed by Michael Jones, p. 60

R. Machin (ed.), Probate Inventories and Manorial Excepts of Chetmole, Leigh and Yetminster (1976), reviewed by J. P. Cooper, p. 61

Victor Skipp, Crisis and Development: An Ecological Case Study of the Forest of Arden, 1570-1674 (1978), reviewed by David Hey, p. 61

Joan Thirsk, Economic Policy and Projects: The Development of a Consumer Society in Early Modern England (1978), reviewed by John Whyman, p. 62

Centre D'Estudis Històrics Internacionals, Estudis d'Història Agrària, Vol. I (1978), reviewed by Joseph Harrison, p. 64

M. W. Flinn et al., Scottish Population History from the Seventeenth Century to the 1930's (1977), reviewed by W. A. Armstrong, p. 64

M. L. Parry, Climatic Change, Agriculture and Settlement (1978), reviewed by David Kemp, p. 65

E. J. T. Collins, The Economy of Upland Britain, 1750-1950: An Illustrated Review (1978), reviewed by G. E. Mingay, p. 66

David W. Howell, Land and People in Nineteenth-Century Wales (1977), reviewed by David Hey, p. 67

Richard Perren, The Meat Trade in Britain 1840-1914 (1978), reviewed by G. E. Mingay, p. 67

Maisie Conrat and Richard Conrat, The American Farm (1977), reviewed by G. E. Mingay, p. 68

Heather Gilbert, The End of the Road: The Life of Lord Mount Stephen, Vol. II, 1891-1921 (1977), reviewed by Peter George, p. 68

Michael Fenton, Farmers and Farming in Lindsey 1900-1914 (1978), reviewed by G. E. Mingay, p. 69

Willard W. Cochrane, Mary E. Ryan, American Farm Policy, 1948-1973 (1976), reviewed by Michael Havinden, p. 69

Wilhelm Abel, Agrarkrisen und Agrarkonjunktur: Eine Geschichte der Land- und Ernährungswirtschaft Mitteleuropas seit dem hohen Mittelalter (3rd rev., enlarged edn, 1978), reviewed by D. J. Davis, p. 70

Anne Digby, Pauper Palaces (1978), reviewed by G. E. Mingay, p. 70

Beamish One: First Report of the North of England Open Air Museum (1978), review, p. 71

George Sturt, The Bettesworth Book; William Smith, Potter and Farmer: 1790-1858 (repr., n.d.), review, p. 71

Reviews, Part 2

Edward Miller and1978 John Hatcher, Medieval England: Rural Society and Economic Change 1086-1348 (1978), reviewed by H. E. Hallam, p. 135

C. Phythian-Adams, Continuity, Fields and Fission: The Making of a Midland Parish (1978), reviewed by Alan R. H. Baker, p. 136

R. R. Davies, Lordship and Society in the March of Wales 1282-1400 (1978), reviewed by H. E. Hallam, p. 136

Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, Montaillou: Cathars and Catholics in a French Village, 1294-1324, transl., Barbara Bray (1978), reviewed by Alan Rogers, p. 137

Edward Britton, The Community of the Vill: A Study in the History of the Family and Village Life in Fourteenth-Century England (1977), reviewed by H. E. Hallam, p. 138

R. S. Gottfried, Epidemic Disease in Fifteenth Century England: The Medical Response and the Demographic Consequences (1978), reviewed by W. A. Armstrong, p. 139

J. Séguy, Les Assemblées Anabaptistes-Mennonites de France (1977), reviewed by R. C. Richardson, p. 140

Alexander Fenton, The Northern Isles: Orkney and Shetland (1978), reviewed by Malcolm Gray, p. 140

R. Fieldhouse and B. Jennings, A History of Richmond and Swaledale (1978), reviewed by David Hey, p. 142

R. W. Dunning (ed.), Victoria County History of Somerset, Volume IV (1978), reviewed by G. E. Mingay, p. 143

W. E. Tate, A Domesday of English Enclosure Acts and Awards, ed.,M. E. Turner (1978), reviewed by J. Chapman, p. 143

J. L. and B. Hammond, The Village Labourer, intro., G. E. Mingay (1978), reviewed by W. A. Armstrong, p. 144

John Post, The Last Great Subsistence Crisis in the Western World (1977), reviewed by J. R. Wordie, p. 144

Christopher Simon Sykes, The Visitors' Book (1978), reviewed by G. E. Mingay, p. 145

Edith H. Whetham, The Agrarian History of England and Wales, Volume VIII, 1914-39 (1978), reviewed by G. E. Mingay, p. 145

Lawrence Alderson, The Chance to Survive: Rare Breeds in a Changing World (1978), reviewed by M. L. Ryder, p. 146

Lee R. Martin (ed.), A Survey of Agricultural Economics Literature. Volume I Traditional Fields of Agricultural Economics, 1940s to 1970s (1977), reviewed by Peter Newbound, p. 147

George G. Judge et al. (eds), A Survey of Agricultural Economics Literature, Vol. 2 (1977), reviewed by D. K. Britton, p. 147

George Sturt, Memoirs of a Surrey Labourer; Lucy Bettesworth (repr., 1978), review, p. 148

Robert Trow-Smith, Farming through the Ages in Pictures (1978); Peter Wilkes, An Illustrated History of Farming (1978), review, p. 148

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