{"id":508,"date":"2012-12-31T00:28:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-31T00:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/?page_id=508"},"modified":"2025-10-20T10:31:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T10:31:20","slug":"farms-and-farming-in-leicestershire","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/?page_id=508","title":{"rendered":"Farms and Farming"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"508\" class=\"elementor elementor-508\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1ce7ae8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1ce7ae8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-60444b5\" data-id=\"60444b5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed7fc12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ed7fc12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"482\" src=\"https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/fields-knaptoft-a-1024x482.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2323\" alt=\"View at Knaptoft\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/fields-knaptoft-a-1024x482.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/fields-knaptoft-a-300x141.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2096628 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2096628\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6458e94\" data-id=\"6458e94\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb6be9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb6be9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Farming practices have varied widely over time, and from place to place, according to soil type, the ability of farmers to invest in their land and each farmer\u2019s individual preferences or views about what would be most profitable. We have produced four research guides on farms and farming, which provide guidance on how to research the history of farming in a Leicestershire parish. Some of this information is also relevant to parishes in other counties. Our four guides cover:<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/?page_id=4532\">Farming Before 1500<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/?page_id=499\">Farming Between 1500 and 1790<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/?page_id=622\">Enclosure of the Open Fields<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/?page_id=533\">Farming since 1790<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-597ab1fa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"597ab1fa\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-78e6b903\" data-id=\"78e6b903\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a387b6e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a387b6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The chapter on agrarian history in volume II of the <em>Victoria County History of Leicestershire<\/em> provides an excellent introductory overview of farming in Leicestershire. This volume can be found in some county libraries and in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.recordoffice.org.uk\/\">The Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Farming practices have varied widely over time, and from place to place, according to soil type, the ability of farmers to invest in their land and each farmer\u2019s individual preferences or views about what would be most profitable. 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