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Agricultural History Review, Volume 64 (2016)

Articles, Part 1

Malcolm Thick, Intensive rabbit production in London and nearby counties in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries: an alternative to alternative agriculture?, pp. 1–16

Piet van Cruyningen, Dutch investors and the drainage of Hatfield Chase, 1626 to 1656, pp. 17–37

Tamsin Bapty, The Corbetts are ‘victorious all over’: agricultural implement making in Shropshire, c.1860 to 1914, pp. 38–53

Heather Holmes, A neglected innovation: the double-furrow plough in Scotland, its early adoption and use, 1867 to 1880, pp. 54–80

Godfrey Hove and Sandra Swart, The Cinderella of the cattle industry: the state and settler commercial dairy farming in Southern Rhodesia, c.1908 to 1937, pp. 81–102

Articles, Part 2

David Crouch and Briony McDonagh, Turf wars: conflict and cooperation in the management of Wallingfen (East Yorkshire), 1281–1781, pp. 133–156

Maika De Keyzer and Eline Van Onacker, Beyond the flock. Sheep farming, wool sales and social differentiation in a sixteenth-century peasant society: the Campine in the Low Countries, pp. 157–180

Vincent Geloso and Alexis Lacombe, Why was flour of poor quality? The impact of seigneurial laws and price controls on flour in Quebec during the colonial era, pp. 181–195

E. J. T. Collins, At the cutting edge: edge tool production in southern and south-west England, 1740 to 1960, pp. 196–225

James P. Bowen and John Martin, The loss of livestock, the issue of fodder supply and the problem of the commons: the impact of the extreme winter of 1962–63 on two upland hill-farming regions in England and Wales, pp. 226–260

Reviews, Part 1

Gerry Barnes and Tom Williamson, Rethinking ancient woodland: the archaeology and history of woods in Norfolk (University of Hertfordshire Press, 2015), reviewed by M. Jane Bunting, p. 117

Peter Foden and Norton Community Archaeology Group, Records of the Manor of Norton in the Liberty of St Albans, 1244–1539 (Hertfordshire Record Society, 2014), reviewed by Miriam Muller, p. 118

Vandra Costello, Irish demesne landscapes, 1660–1740 (Four Courts Press, 2015), reviewed by David A. Fleming, p. 119

Alan Fox (ed.), Parish government in a Leicestershire village: The Buckminster Town Book, 1655–1767 and Constable’s Book, 1755–1813 (Leicestershire Archaeological and History Society, 2015), reviewed by Brodie Waddell, p. 120

Madge Dresser and Andrew Hann (eds), Slavery and the British country house (Historic England, 2013), reviewed by Perry Carter, p. 121

Lucinda Lambton, Palaces for pigs: Animal architecture and other beastly buildings (English Heritage, 2011), reviewed by Briony Mcdonagh, p. 122

Mark Johnston, Trees in towns and cities: A history of British urban arboriculture (Windgather Press, 2015), reviewed by Paul Elliott, p. 122

Seán Beattie, Donegal in transition: the impact of the Congested Districts Board (Irish Academic Press, 2013), reviewed by Eoin Mclaughlin, p. 124

Susanna Wade Martins, The conservation movement in Norfolk: A history (Boydell Press, 2015), reviewed by David Matless, p. 125

Andrew Connell, Appleby Gypsy Horse Fair: Mythology, origin, evolution and evaluation (Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, Extra Series, XLIV, 2015), reviewed by Jennifer S Holt, p. 126

Ian D. Rotherham, The rise and fall of countryside management. A historical account (Routledge: Abingdon, 2015), reviewed by C. V. J. Griffiths, p. 127

Sandip Hazareesingh and Harro Maat (eds), Local subversions of colonial cultures: Commodities and anti-commodities in global history (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016), reviewed by Lucy Veale, p. 128

Reviews, Part 2

David Cox, The Church and Vale of Evesham 700–1215: Lordship, landscape and prayer (Boydell Press, 2015), reviewed by Sheila Sweetinburgh, p. 261

Michael Hicks, English inland trade, 1430–1540: Southampton and its region (Oxbow, 2015), reviewed by Jennifer Holt, p. 262

A. T. Brown, Rural society and economic change in County Durham: Recession and recovery, c.1400–1640 (The Boydell Press, 2015), reviewed by Alan Wadsworth, p. 262

Ronan O’Donnell, Assembling enclosure: Transformations in the rural landscape of post-medieval north-east England (University of Hertfordshire Press, 2015), reviewed by James P. Bowen, p. 263

Andrew Macnair, Anne Rowe and Tom Williamson, Dury & Andrews’ map of Hertfordshire: Society and landscape in the eighteenth century (Windgather Press, 2015), reviewed by Bill Shannon, p. 265

Eric Jones (Introduction), The farmer’s world: Richard Jefferies’ agricultural journalism in the late 1870s (The Richard Jefferies Society, 2016), reviewed by Sarah Holland, p. 266

Jon Stobart and Andrew Hann (eds), The country house: Material culture and consumption (Oxbow, 2015), reviewed by Sarah Shields, p. 267

Charles Watkins, Trees, woods and forests: A social and cultural history (Reaktion, 2014), reviewed by Carl J. Griffin, p. 268

Miranda McCormick, Farming, fighting and family: A memoir of the Second World War (The History Press, 2015), reviewed by Paul Brassley, p. 269

Oliver Finnegan and Catherine Glover (eds), with an introduction by Richard W. Hoyle, British farm surveys 1941 to 1943: The National Farm Survey of England and Wales and the Agricultural Survey in Scotland. Reports and statistical analysis (List and Index Society, 2014), reviewed by Sarah Holland, p. 270

Andrew Humphries, Hill sheep husbandry in England: Adaptive to change in diverse ecosystems (Foundation for Common Land, 2015), reviewed by Bill Shannon, p. 271

J. P. Bowen and A. T. Brown (eds), Custom and commercialisation in English rural society: Revisiting Tawney and Postan (University of Hertfordshire Press, Studies in Regional and Local History, 14, 2016), reviewed by Richard Hoyle, p. 272

A. T. Brown, Andy Burn and Rob Doherty (eds), Crises in economic and social history: A comparative perspective (People, markets, goods: Economies and societies in history Vol 6, Boydell Press, 2015), reviewed by H. R. French, p. 274

Peter M. Jones, Agricultural enlightenment: Knowledge, technology and nature, 1750–1840 (Oxford University Press, 2016), reviewed by Paul Brassley, p. 276

Josep Colomé, Jordi Planas and Francesc Valls-Junyent (eds), Vinyes, vins i cooperativisme vitivinícola a Catalunya (Publicacions de l’Abadia de Montserrat, 2015), reviewed by José Luis Martínez-González, p. 277

Denise Phillips and Sharon Kingsland (eds), New perspectives on the history of life sciences and agriculture (Springer International Publishing, 2015), reviewed by Paul Brassley, p. 278

Ian Miller, Water: A global history (Reaktion Books, Edible series), reviewed by Richard Hoyle, p. 279

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