Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select committee appointed to inquire into the operation of the excise and customs duties upon hopsPublisher:
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Category : Hops
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
Report from the Select Committee on Hop Duties
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select committee appointed to inquire into the operation of the excise and customs duties upon hopsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hops
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
Reports from Select Committees of the House of Commons, and Evidence, Communicated to the Lords
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of LordsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Out of the Hay and Into the Hops
Author: Celia CordlePublisher: Univ of Hertfordshire Press
ISBN: 9781907396045
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
"Out of the Hay and into the Hops explores the history and development of hop cultivation in the Weald of Kent together with the marketing of this important crop in the Borough at Southwark (where a significant proportion of Wealden hops were sold). A picture emerges of the relationship between the two activities, as well as of the impact this rural industry had upon the lives of the people engaged in it. Dr Cordle draws extensively on personal accounts of hop work to evoke a way of life now lost for good. Oral history, together with evidence from farm books and other sources, records how the steady routine of hop ploughing and dung spreading, weeding and spraying contrasted with the bustle and excitement of hop picking (bringing in, as it did, many itinerant workers from outside the community to help with the harvest) and the anxious period of drying the crop. For hops, prey to the vagaries of weather and disease, needed much care and attention to bring them to fruition. In early times their cultivation provided work for more people than any other crop. The diverse processes of hop cultivation are examined within the wider context of events such as the advent of rail and the effects of war, as are changes to the working practices and technologies used, and their reception and implementation in the Weald. Meanwhile, in the Borough, an enclave of hop factors and merchants, whose interests sometimes conflicted with those of the hop growers, arose and then suffered decline. A full account of this trade is presented, including day-to-day working practices, links with the Weald, and the changes in hop marketing following Britain's entry into the European Economic Community. This book provides readers with a fascinating analysis of some three hundred years of hop history in the Weald and the Borough. Hops still grow in the Weald; in the Borough, the Le May facade and the gates of the Hop Exchange are reminders of former trade."--Book description.
Parliamentary Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of CommonsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of CommonsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 790
Book Description
Oasts and Hop Kilns
Author: Patrick GrattanPublisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 180207127X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Tall conical and pyramidal buildings, topped by white cowls or louvred vents, are a distinctive sight on the farms and in the villages of Kent, East Sussex, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Surrey and Hampshire. In these buildings, hops were dried, pressed, and bagged for despatch to breweries. In Kent and Sussex, they are called 'oasts' or 'oast houses', and in other counties 'hop kilns'. Oasts and hop kilns are testimony to a specialised and important rural industry, and for hundreds of years, they were a defining feature of the countryside. By the late 19th century, there were as many as 8,000 hop kilns and oast houses in England. This book is the first comprehensive account of the history of oasts and hop kilns in England and includes a comparison with hop drying buildings in Continental Europe and the USA. The 400-year evolution of the kilns and their machinery is pieced together from surviving buildings, books, archives and local lore. In this richly illustrated volume, the charm of oasts and hop kilns on the countryside is captured in sketches, diagrams and photos by the author and others.
Annals of British Legislation
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
A classified and analysed summary of public bills, statutes, accounts and papers, reports of committees and of commissioners, and of sessional papers generally, of the House of Lords and the Commons.
Annals of British Legislation
Author: Leone LeviPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Sessional Index
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of CommonsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 798
Book Description
Report and Proceedings of the Committee
Author: Great Britain. Committee on the Hop IndustryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description