National Farm Survey - no. 16, Aldington

C47 returned?

Yes

Acreage of Crops and Grass

Q10 - Potatoes, main crop and second earlies	¾ acre
Q23 - Orchards, with crops, fallow, or grass below the trees	12½ acres
Q26 - Vegetables for human consumption (excluding Potatoes), Flowers and Crops under Glass	5½ acres
Q27 - All Other Crops not specified elsewhere on this return or grown on patches of less than ¼ acre	1 acre
Q28 - Bare Fallow	3½ acres
Q31 - Permanent Grass for Mowing this season	10 acres
Q32 - Permanent Grass for Grazing (not for Mowing this season) but excluding rough grazings	4 acres
Q33 - TOTAL OF ABOVE ITEMS, 1-32 (Total acreage of excluding Rough Grazings)	37¼ acres
Q34 - Rough Grazings (Mountain, Heath, Moor or Down Land, or other rough land used for grazing on which the occupier has the sole grazing rights)	1 (not grazed, too rough)

Labour employed on 4th June

Q35 - Wholetime regular workers, Males 21 and over	2
Q41 - Casual (seasonal or part-time) workers, Women and girls	1 (only 2 or 3 occasionally)
Q42 - TOTAL WORKERS	2

Horses

Q82 - Used for agricultural purposes (including mares kept for breeding) or by Market Gardeners, Geldings	1
Q89 - HORSES TOTAL	1

Livestock

Q73 - Poultry, Fowls over 6 months old	8
Q76 - Geese of all ages	5
Q79 - TOTAL POULTRY	13

C51 returned?

Yes

Acreage of vegetables for human consumption, flowers, crops under glass

Q88 - Brussels Sprouts	1 acre
Q92 - Parsnips	¼ acre
Q94 - Beetroot	¼ acre
Q95 - Onions	1¼ acres
Q96 - Beans, Broad	¼ acre
Q97 - Beans, Runner and French	1 acre
Q98 - Peas, Green, for Market	1 acre
Q99 - Peas, Green, for Canning	1 acre
Q101 - Asparagus	¼ acre
Q105 - Tomatoes, growing in the open	¼ acre
Q115 - TOTAL	6½ acres

Stocks of hay and straw on holding on 4th June

Q125 - Hay	2 tons

SF returned?

Yes

Motive power on holding on 4th June

Q137 - Oil or Petrol Engines, Number and Horse Power	1 (5½ Horse Power)

Rent

Q143 - Actual rent payable during current year	£197 6s 0d (for Manor Farm and Bennetts Hill, Offenham)

Length of occupation of holding

Q147 - How many years have you been the occupier of the holding?	40 years

B496 returned?

Yes

Tenure

QA1 - Is occupier tenant or owner?	Tenant
QA2a - If tenant, forename of owner	H
QA2b - If tenant, surname of owner	ASHWIN
QA2c - If tenant, address of owner	Bretforton, c/o Agent, E G Righton, Evesham
QA3 - Is farmer full-time, part-time, spare time, hobby, other type, and other occupation, if any	Full time
QA4 - Does farmer occupy other land? If so, name of holding, parish and county	Yes - Occupational, Offenham, Worcestershire
QA5 - Has farmer grazing rights over land not occupied by him? If so, nature of such rights	No

Conditions of Farm

QB1 - Percentage of area on which soil is heavy/medium/light/peaty	100% medium
QB2 - Is farm conveniently laid out?	Moderately
QB3 - Percentage of farm which is naturally good/fair/bad	100% good
QB4 - Situation in regard to road	Good
QB5 - Situation in regard to railway	Good
QB6 - Condition of farmhouse and buildings	Farmhouse - good; Buildings - good
QB7 - Condition of farm roads	Fair
QB8 - Condition of fences	Fair
QB9 - Condition of ditches	Fair
QB10 - General condition of field drainage	Good
QB11 - Condition of cottages	Not applicable
QB14 - Is there infestation with rabbits and moles, rats and mice, rooks and wood pigeons, other birds, insect pests?	Infestation with insect pests; no infestation with rabbits and moles, rats and mice, rooks and wood pigeons, other birds
QB15 - Is there heavy infestation with weeds? If so, kind of weeds?	Yes - lichens and briars
QB16 - Are there derelict fields? If so, acreage	No

Water and Electricity

QC1 - Water supply to farmhouse	Pipe
QC2 - Water supply to farm buildings	Pipe
QC3 - Water supply to fields	Stream
QC4 - Is there a seasonal shortage of water?	No
QC5 - Electricity supply - public light, public power, private light, private power	Electricity supply - private light and private power
QC6 - Is it used for household purposes and/or farm purposes?	Yes - household purposes

Management

QD1 - Is farm classified as A, B or C?	C
QD2 - Reasons for B or C (old age, lack of capital, personal failings)	Personal failings - this man is lazy and incompetent
QD3 - Condition of arable land	Not applicable
QD4 - Condition of pasture	Fair
QD5 - Use of fertilisers on arable/grass land	Pasture land - not at all

Field information recorded by

R W Sidwell - 10 Nov 1943

Primary record completed by

P BrIce - 3 Jul 1943 (sic)