National Farm Survey - no. 95, Wickhamford

C47 returned?

Yes

Acreage of Crops and Grass

Q10 - Potatoes, main crop and second earlies	¼ acre
Q23 - Orchards, with crops, fallow, or grass below the trees	¼ acre
Q27 - All Other Crops not specified elsewhere on this return or grown on patches of less than ¼ acre	¼ acre
Q33 - TOTAL OF ABOVE ITEMS, 1-32 (Total acreage of excluding Rough Grazings)	6 acres (not all crops included in the total)

Labour employed on 4th June

Q37 - Wholetime regular workers, Males under 18	1

C51 returned?

Yes

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

Q88 - Brussels Sprouts	2¼ acres
Q90 - Cauliflower or Broccoli (Heading)	¼ acre
Q91 - Carrots	¼ acre
Q92 - Parsnips	¾ acre
Q94 - Beetroot	¼ acre
Q95 - Onions	¼ acre
Q97 - Beans, Runner and French	¼ acre
Q101 - Asparagus	1 acre
Q115 - TOTAL	5¼ acres

SF returned?

Yes

Labour on 4th June

Q129 - Workers, Whole Time Family, Male	2
Q130 - Workers, Whole Time Family, Female	1

Rent

Q143 - Actual rent payable during current year	£16 10s 0d
Q146 - If holding partly owned and partly rented, acreage and rent payable of land held as tenant	6 acres

Length of occupation of holding

Q147 - How many years have you been the occupier of the holding?	½
Q148a - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 1, acres and length of occupation	3 acres - ¾ year
Q148b - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 2, acres and length of occupation	3 acres - ½ year

B496 returned?

Yes

Tenure

QA1 - Is occupier tenant or owner?	Tenant
QA2a - If tenant, forename of owner	G C
QA2b - If tenant, surname of owner	LEES-MILNE
QA2c - If tenant, address of owner	Wickhamford (also R Webb, 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	No
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% heavy
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	Fair
QB5 - Situation in regard to railway	Fair
QB6 - Condition of farmhouse and buildings	Farmhouse - not applicable; Buildings - fair
QB7 - Condition of farm roads	Fair
QB8 - Condition of fences	Fair
QB9 - Condition of ditches	Fair
QB10 - General condition of field drainage	Good
QB14 - Is there infestation with rabbits and moles, rats and mice, rooks and wood pigeons, other birds, insect pests?	No infestation
QB15 - Is there heavy infestation with weeds? If so, kind of weeds?	No
QB16 - Are there derelict fields? If so, acreage	No

Water and Electricity

QC2 - Water supply to farm buildings	Roof
QC3 - Water supply to fields	Well
QC4 - Is there a seasonal shortage of water?	No
QC5 - Electricity supply - public light, public power, private light, private power	No electricity supply

Management

QD1 - Is farm classified as A, B or C?	A
QD3 - Condition of arable land	Good
QD4 - Condition of pasture	Not applicable
QD5 - Use of fertilisers on arable/grass land	Arable land - adequate

Field information recorded by

R W Sidwell - 18 Oct 1944

Primary record completed by

P Brice - 26 Oct 1944