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Malhamdale Farm Survey 1942When the Second World War began Britain was faced
with the need to increase home food production and the area of land
under cultivation had to be increased significantly. The Minister
of Agriculture and Fisheries set up County War Agricultural Executive
Committees ('County War Ags') to oversee this increased food production.
They had powers to direct what was grown, to take possession of
land, to terminate tenancies, to inspect property, and to organise
mobile groups of farm workers. One of the first tasks was to direct
a ploughing-up campaign with large expanses of grassland being prepared
for cultivation and instructions given as to what should be planted.
To assist in this campaign, a preliminary farm survey was started
in June 1940 and farms were classified A, B, or C, depending on
their productive state (ie. the physical condition of the land)
and the managerial efficiency (or otherwise) of the farmer (in extreme
cases land was taken over by the local Committee). The War Ag instructed
farmers to plough part of their land and plant alternative crops,
as can be seen in the extracts below. View the National Archives National
Farm Survey Leaflet Farm Survey Information In 2009/10 the Malhamdale farm survey records in the National Archives were photographed and the information transcribed into tables to make it easier to read. These transcribed tables for each farm are arranged by township and can be viewed by first clicking on the township map below which links to a township page where each farm is listed. Each farm has links to its survey and to the map where the farmhouse was situated. Each township was given a code and each farm a suffix number ( Dykelands Farm (1) in the township of Scosthrop (474) has a code 474-1. Each survey map shows the fields belonging to a particular farm outlined in a specific colour and also contains the farm code number. The right hand map below shows the arrangement of survey maps with links to each. To search for a known farm there is an aphabetical list of the farms surveyed with links to the relevant township farms page, below.
Alphabetical List of surveyed farms
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