National Farm Survey - no. 10, Wickhamford

C47 returned?

Yes

Acreage of Crops and Grass

Q10 - Potatoes, main crop and second earlies	½ acre
Q23 - Orchards, with crops, fallow, or grass below the trees	9 acres
Q26 - Vegetables for human consumption (excluding Potatoes), Flowers and Crops under Glass	4½ acres
Q27 - All Other Crops not specified elsewhere on this return or grown on patches of less than ¼ acre	1 acre
Q33 - TOTAL OF ABOVE ITEMS, 1-32 (Total acreage of excluding Rough Grazings)	17 acres

Labour employed on 4th June

Q41 - Casual (seasonal or part-time) workers, Women and girls	1
Q42 - TOTAL WORKERS	1

Horses

Q81 - Horses used for agricultural purposes (including mares kept for breeding) or by Market Gardeners, Mares	1
Q89 - HORSES TOTAL	1

Livestock

Q66 - Other Sows kept for breeding	6
Q71 - All other Pigs under 2 months	50
Q73 - Poultry, Fowls over 6 months old	14
Q74 - Poultry, Fowls under 6 months old	12
Q76 - Geese of all ages	1

C51 returned?

Yes

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

Q88 - Brussels Sprouts	1½ acres
Q92 - Parsnips	¼ acre
Q94 - Beetroot	¼ acre
Q95 - Onions	1½ acres
Q101 - Asparagus	2 acres
Q104 - Rhubarb	¼ acre
Q105 - Tomatoes, growing in the open	½ acre
Q114 - Other Flowers, not under glass	¼ acre
Q115 - TOTAL	6½ acres

SF returned?

Yes

Labour on 4th June

Q132 - Workers, Casual, Female	1

Rent

Q143 - Actual rent payable during current year	£54 18s 2d

Length of occupation of holding

Q147 - How many years have you been the occupier of the holding?	20

B496 returned?

Yes

Tenure

QA1 - Is occupier tenant or owner?	Tenant
QA2b - If tenant, surname of owner	LEES-MILNE
QA2c - If tenant, address of owner	Wickhamford Manor
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% medium
QB2 - Is farm conveniently laid out?	Yes
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	Fair
QB6 - Condition of farmhouse and buildings	Farmhouse - good; Buildings - fair
QB7 - Condition of farm roads	Good
QB8 - Condition of fences	Good
QB9 - Condition of ditches	Good
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

QC1 - Water supply to farmhouse	Pipe
QC2 - Water supply to farm buildings	Roof
QC3 - Water supply to fields	None
QC4 - Is there a seasonal shortage of water?	No
QC5 - Electricity supply - public light, public power, private light, private power	Electricity supply - public light
QC6 - Is it used for household purposes and/or farm purposes?	Yes - household purposes

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 - 6 Feb 1942

Primary record completed by

P Brice - 29 Apr 1942