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History of the Parish and Town of Bampton, With the District and Hamlets Belonging to It
History of the Parish and Town of Bampton With the District and Hamlets Belonging to It Author:John Allen Giles General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1847 Original Publisher: J.H. Parker Subjects: Bampton Proper (England) Bampton Proper, England History / Europe / Great Britain Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the ... more »General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: § 3. OF THE CI. IMATE AND SOIL OP BAMPTON PARISH. The climate of Bampton is considered to be remarkably salubrious, owing, m a great measure, to the gravelly nature of the soil. The water also is excellent, except in situations where it is exposed to contamination from decayed vegetable-matter. Fish abounds, not only in the river, but in all the brooks; and the fine flavour which they possess, is thought to be a strong proof of the healthiness of the air. The soil of the northern part of Bampton parish, which lies upon the hill from Yelford to Brize-Norton, including the whole of Lew, abounds in clay, which renders the cultivation of the laud more difficult and its profits less ample, but the soil of that portion of the district which lies in the plain, is a continued stratum of gravel covered by a thin surface of vegetable mould. It is tolerably fertile and susceptible of a high degree of cultivation, except where it is exposed to the annual inundation from the river. The number of acres in the whole parish is about 10000, of which 3000 are under the plough. The grain mostly cultivated is wheat, and the system of agriculture varies according to the taste or discretion of the farmers. Tins latitude of practise has however been introduced, only since the Inclosurc-Act of 1812; for, when the principal part of the parish was laid out in common fields, it was necessary that a uniform system should be followed, to ensure an equal share of benefit to all who had a right of common. Th...« less