| Name | Acreage | Acreage | Acreage | Acreage | Acreage | ||
| at 30. | at 32. | at 33. | at 40. | at 100. | |||
| Trotterscliff | Kent. | 360 | 384 | 396 | 480 | 1200 | |
| Dailesford | Kent. | 180 | 192 | 198 | 240 | 600 | |
| Sunningwell | Berks. | 450 | 480 | 495 | 600 | 1500 | |
| Denchworth | Berks. | 900 | 960 | 990 | 1200 | 3000 | |
| Graveney | Kent. | 960 | 1024 | 1056 | 1280 | 3200 | |
| Marcham | Berks. | 1500 | 1600 | 1650 | 2000 | 5000 | |
| { | Kington Kington | Wilts. Wilts. | 1200 1200 | 1280 1280 | 1320 1320 | 1600 1600 | 4000 4000 |
| Petersham | Surrey | 300 | 320 | 330 | 400 | 1000 | |
| Brokenborough | Wilts. | 1500 | 1600 | 1650 | 2000 | 5000 | |
| { | Alresford | Hants. | 1200 | 1280 | 1320 | 1600 | 4000 |
| { | Alresford | Hants. | 1200 | 1280 | 1320 | 1600 | 4000 |
| { | Alresford Alresford | Hants. Hants. | 1200 1200 | 1280 1280 | 1320 1320 | 1600 1600 | 4000 4000 |
| Whitchurch | Hants. | 3300 | 3520 | 3630 | 4400 | 11000 | |
| Beddington | Surrey. | 2100 | 2240 | 2310 | 2800 | 7000 | |
| { | Compton Compton | Dorset. Dorset. | 1200 1200 | 1280 1280 | 1320 1320 | 1600 1600 | 4000 4000 |
| Sanderstead | Surrey. | 960 | 1024 | 1056 | 1280 | 3200 | |
| { | Clapham Clapham | Surrey. Surrey. | 900 900 | 960 960 | 990 990 | 1200 1200 | 3000 3000 |
| Micheldever | Hants. | 3000 | 3200 | 3300 | 4000 | 10000 | |
| Wrington | Somers. | 600 | 640 | 660 | 800 | 2000 | |
| Barrow on Humb. | Linc. | 1500 | 1600 | 1650 | 2000 | 5000 | |
| Chertsey | Surrey. | 6000 | 6400 | 6600 | 8000 | 20000 | |
| Sutton | Surrey. | 900 | 960 | 990 | 1200 | 3000 | |
| Aldingbourn | Sussex. | 1140 | 1216 | 1254 | 1520 | 3800 | |
| Ferring | Sussex. | 360 | 384 | 396 | 480 | 1200 | |
| Denton | Sussex. | 750 | 800 | 825 | 1000 | 2500 | |
| Bradfield | Berks. | 1440 | 1536 | 1584 | 1920 | 4800 | |
| Aston | Berks. | 1650 | 1760 | 1815 | 2200 | 5500 | |
| Charing | Kent. | 1800 | 1920 | 1980 | 2400 | 6000 | |
| King’s Worthy | Hants. | 900 | 960 | 990 | 1200 | 3000 | |
| Hurstborne Prior | Hants. | 1800 | 1920 | 1980 | 2400 | 6000 | |
| Newnton | Wilts. | 300 | 320 | 330 | 400 | 1000 | |
| Garford | Berks. | 450 | 480 | 495 | 600 | 1500 | |
| Mordon | Surrey. | 600 | 640 | 660 | 800 | 2000 | |
| Blewbury | Berks. | 3000 | 3200 | 3300 | 4000 | 10000 | |
| Sotwell | Berks. | 450 | 480 | 495 | 600 | 1500 | |
| Goosey | Berks. | 300 | 320 | 330 | 400 | 1000 | |
| { | Hanney, East Hanney, West | Berks. Berks. | 600 600 | 640 640 | 660 660 | 800 800 | 2000 2000 |
| Badgworth | Somers. | 750 | 800 | 825 | 1000 | 2500 | |
| Drayton | Berks. | 600 | 640 | 660 | 800 | 2000 | |
| Barton | Berks. | 1200 | 1280 | 1320 | 1600 | 4000 | |
| Name | Rat. | Rat. | Rat. | Rat. | ||
| at 30. | at 32. | at 33. | at 40. | |||
| Trotterscliff | Kent. | 36:79 | 38:77 | 39:75 | 48:67 | |
| Dailesford | Kent. | 1:2 | 15:29 | 10:19 | 4:5 | |
| Sunningwell | Berks. | 3:5 | 5:8 | 30:47 | 1:1 | |
| Denchworth | Berks. | 9:19 | 12:23 | 96:181 | 3:4 | |
| Graveney | Kent. | 1:1 | 8:7 | 11:9 | 2:1 | |
| Marcham | Berks. | 75:172 | 80:167 | 165:329 | 100:147 | |
| { | Kington Kington | Wilts. Wilts. | 15:14 24:55 | 65:52 130:267 | 67:50 134:263 | 20:9 32:47 |
| Petersham | Surrey | 5:6 | 16:17 | 1:1 | 20:13 | |
| Brokenborough | Wilts. | 30:29 | 32:27 | 33:26 | 40:19 | |
| { | Alresford Alresford | Hants. Hants. | 24:1 20:41 | 128:5 64:119 | 132:5 66:117 | 0 80:103 |
| Whitchurch | Hants. | 330:403 | 352:381 | 363:370 | 440:293 | |
| Beddington | Surrey. | 210:173 | 224:159 | 231:152 | 280:103 | |
| { | Compton Compton | Dorset. Dorset. | 120:19 15:4 | 128:11 16:3 | 132:7 33:5 | 0 0 |
| Sanderstead | Surrey. | 32:43 | 512:563 | 528:547 | 128:97 | |
| { | Clapham Clapham | Surrey. Surrey. | 90:17 45:51 | 96:11 1:1 | 99:8 33:31 | 0 15:9 |
| Micheldever | Hants. | 150:317 | 160:307 | 165:302 | 200:267 | |
| Wrington | Somers. | 20:31 | 64:89 | 66:87 | 80:73 | |
| Barrow on Humb. | Linc. | 25:52 | 80:151 | 55:99 | 100:131 | |
| Chertsey | Surrey. | 300:201 | 320:181 | 330:171 | 400:101 | |
| Sutton | Surrey. | 30:31 | 32:29 | 33:28 | 120:63 | |
| Aldingbourn | Sussex. | 57:190 | 304:485 | 627:913 | 38:57 | |
| Ferring | Sussex. | 36:71 | 192:343 | 198:337 | 48:59 | |
| Denton | Sussex. | 75:14 | 80:9 | 165:13 | 0 | |
| Bradfield | Berks. | 144:283 | 768:1367 | 792:1343 | 192:235 | |
| Aston | Berks. | 165:38 | 176:27 | 366:43 | 0 | |
| Charing | Kent. | 90:11 | 96:107 | 99:104 | 120:83 | |
| King’s Worthy | Hants. | 30:43 | 32:41 | 33:40 | 40:33 | |
| Hurstborne Prior | Hants. | 180:127 | 192:115 | 198:109 | 240:67 | |
| Newnton | Wilts. | 30:51 | 32:49 | 33:48 | 40:41 | |
| Garford | Berks. | 45:72 | 48:69 | 49:67 | 60:57 | |
| Mordon | Surrey. | 6:11 | 32:53 | 33:52 | 8:9 | |
| Blewbury | Berks. | 60:79 | 64:75 | 66:73 | 80:59 | |
| Sotwell | Berks. | 45:86 | 48:83 | 93:163 | 60:71 | |
| Goosey | Berks. | 6:11 | 32:53 | 33:52 | 8:9 | |
| { | Hanney, East Hanney, West | Berks. | 0 60:79 | 0 64:75 | 0 66:73 | 0 80:59 |
| Badgworth | Somers. | 75:72 | 80:67 | 55:43 | 100:47 | |
| Drayton | Berks. | 4:9 | 64:131 | 22:43 | 80:115 | |
| Barton | Berks. | 120:239 | 128:231 | 132:227 | 160:99 | |
We have thus forty-nine cases in which the Hide is proved less than 100 acres, a fortiori less than 120. Any one who carefully considers the ratios arrived at in the foregoing table, which for any one of the assumed cases rarely exceed one to two, will agree that there is a remarkable coincidence in the results, in at least the rich, fertile and cultivated counties from which the examples are derived. In some cases indeed the proportion of arable to waste is so great, that we must suppose other districts, now under cultivation, to have been then entirely untouched, in order to conceive sufficient space for marks and pastures. But lest it should be objected that these examples can teach us only what was the case in fertile districts, I subjoin a calculation of the Hidage and Acreage of all England, including all its barren moors, its forests, its marshes and its meadows, from the Solent to the utmost limit of Northumberland.
| The total Hidage of England = | 243,600 | ||||
| The total Acreage of England = | 31,770,615 | st. a. | |||
| Acreage at 30 | 7,308,000 | Excess 24,462,615 | Rat. 7:24 | nearly. | |
| 32 | 7,795,200 | 23,975,415 | 1:3 | ||
| 33 | 8,038,800 | 23,731,815 | 8:23 | ||
| 40 | 9,744,000 | 22,026,615 | 3:8 | ||
| 100 | 24,360,000 | 7,410,615 | 24:7 | ||
| 120 | 29,232,000 | 2,538,615 | 14:1 | ||
This calculation leaves no doubt a bare possibility of the hide’s containing 100 or 120 statute-acres: but those who are inclined to believe that, taking all England through, the proportion of cultivated to uncultivated land was as 29:3, or even as 24:7, it must be owned, appreciate our ancient husbandry beyond its merits[[175]]. Cultivation may very probably have increased with great rapidity up to the commencement of the ninth century; and in that case, waste land would have been brought under the plough to meet the demands of increasing population: but the savage inroads of the Northmen which filled the next succeeding century must have had a strong tendency in the opposite direction. I can hardly believe that a third of all England was under cultivation at the time of the conquest; yet this is the result which we obtain from a calculation of thirty-two or thirty-three acres to the hide, while a calculation of forty acres gives us a result of three-eighths, or very little less than one-half. The extraordinary character of this result will best appear from the following considerations.
If we proceed to apply these calculations to the existing condition of England, we shall be still more clearly satisfied that from thirty to thirty-three acres is at any rate a near approximation to the truth. The exact data for England are I believe not found, but in 1827 Mr. Couling, a civil engineer and surveyor, delivered a series of calculations to the Select Committee of the House of Commons on Emigration, which calculations have been reproduced by Mr. Porter in his work on the Progress of the Nation. From this I copy the following table:
| Arable and | Meadow, | Waste | Waste | |
| garden. | pasture, marsh. | capable of | incapable of | Summary. |
| improvement. | improvement. | |||
| Statute acres. | Statute acres. | Statute acres. | Statute acres. | Statute acres. |
| 10,252,800 | 15,379,200 | 3,454,000 | 3,256,400 | 32,342,400 |
Now as the arable and gardens are all that can possibly be reckoned to the hide, we have these figures:
| Arable | 10,252,800 |
| Meadow, waste, forest, etc. | 22,089,600 |
giving a ratio of 5:11 nearly between the cultivated and uncultivated[[176]].