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title page of the book Agriculture of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight for the Board of Agriculture by Charles Vancouver 1810

It is often possible to find out a great deal from one short sentence!

The extract below comes from Charles Vancouver's 'Overview of the Agriculture of Hampshire' of 1810 (left).

He collected information from many Hampshire landowners. One such person was Mr Wade.

Text extract - Mr Wade of Pucknell has lately erected a thrashing machine convenient to the new barn he has placed upon staddles

Twenty words to use for our basic research.

We will start finding out about Pucknell.

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