Welsh Journals

Lives, Signatures, Patents, Diplomas, Perambulations, Surveys, Plans, Pictures, or Drawings, of any Persons Buildings or Views relating to the Parish, in the possession of any person in the parish, or their acquaintance ? 29. Have you any Wake, Whitsun Ale, Doles, or other such Customs, in the Parish any Annual or other Processions or Per- ambulations any Mummers at Christmas, Festivities on May-day, Tilting, Running at the Ring, &c. ? 30. What Commodities are chiefly brought for sale to the Fairs or Markets kept in the Parish ? Are they the Manufactures or Produce of the Country,-Live Cattle, or other Things ? What Toll is paid, and to whom ? 31. Is there any Statute Fair for Hiring of Servants, and how long has it been established ? What are the usual Wages for Men and Maid Servants, &c., for each Branch of Husbandry ? 32. Are there any Manufactures carried on in the Parish, and what Number of Hands are employed ? What Rare Pieces of Art have been invented by any of the Parishioners. 33. What is generally a Day's Wages for Labourers in Husbandry and other Work ? and what for Carpenters, Bricklayers, Masons, and other Mechanics, &c. ? 34. What are or have been the Prices of Provisions-Beef, Veal, Mutton, Lamb, Pork, Pigs, Geese, Turkies, Ducks, Chicken, Rabbits, Butter, Cheese, &c. ? 35. What is the Annual Rent or Value of the Lands or Houses in the Parish or Township ? What is the Poor's-Rate in the Pound Communibis Annis ? 36. What Common or quantity of Waste Land may be in the Parish ? 37. What is the usual Fuel ? Is it Coal, Wood, Bituminous Schis- tus, Turf, or Peat ? and what are the Prices paid on the spot ? 38. Do any Rivers or Brooks rise in, or run through, the Parish ? Is there any Lake or Navigable Canal, and when and on what Terms were the Acts for making the latter obtained ? 39. What Bridges are there when, and by whom Built ? of Wood, Brick or Stone, or Cast Iron ? What number of Piers or Arches ? Length and Breadth of the Bridge, and Width of the Arches ? Are they supported by Private or Public Cost ? 40. What is the appearance of the Country in the Parish ? Is it Flat or Hilly, Rocky or Mountainous, Open or Inclosed ? the Terms and Mode of Modern Inclosing ? In what Year was the Inclosure made, and how many Acres taken in ? 41. Do the Lands consist of Wood, Arable, Pasture, Meadow, Down, Heath, Bog, or what ? 42. Are they Fenny or Moorish, Boggy or Firm, Fertile or Barren ? 43. Is there Rock, Sand, Chalk, Stone, Gravel, Loam, or what is the nature of the Soil ? 44. What is the Proportion of the Arable and Meadow, or Pasture ? 45. WTiat is the Chief Produce of the Lands, and in what propor- tion ? 46. What is the general Price paid for Lands, Arable Meadow, Pasture, &c. ? What sort of Manure is chiefly used for the Land, and what is the Price of it on the spot ? What are the Methods of Tillage ? What sort of Ploughs and other Instruments of Husbandry are used, or have any New Modes of Cultivation been introduced ?