Out of the Hay and into the Hops. Hop cultivation in Wealden Kent and hop marketing in Southwark, 1744-2000
Details:
- Author(s) Cordle, Celia
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2011
- Pages 183pp
- Publisher University of Hertfordshire Press
- Place Published Hatfield
Topics:
- Name Taxation inc customs, excise, stamp duties, etc: imposition & impact
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Scholarly work dealing with the development of hop cultivation in Kent and the distribution of hops via merchants and the market in Borough, Southwark, London. Largely deals with the 18th and 19th centuries. Draws on oral evidence. Refers in passing into individual firms but, in particular, Arthur Morris & Co [pp110-13]. Chapters include: 'Land and location'; 'Fringe farms - the early days of hop cultivation'; 'Continuity and change - Combourne and Harper's Farms, 1897-99'; 'The twentieth century - futures'; 'Hop factors and hop merchants - buying and selling hops in the Borough' - 'Middlemen' / 'Direct selling and the Waddington Case' / 'Hop factors' / 'Hop merchants' / 'People and places'; 'The last hurrah? Tithe commutation and the repeal of hop duty'