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Wheat, 6os. qd. per qr. ( Tovey). 



Cold and wet April and May. No bite of grass ,in 

 Somerset on June igth (Lisle). 



A famine (Rogers). 



A frost with heavy snow from December till March 

 (Dugdale). 



Wheat at icxr. and barley at $s. the bushel (Eastori). 



Thames frozen over, but not sufficiently permanent to 

 allow a frost fair, although several persons grossed on the 

 ice ( Walter Thornbury). 



Remarkably severe winter to a very late period ,in the 

 spring ( Whistlecraft). 



January 9. Extremely cold. Frost so intense that 

 in less than twenty-four hours rivers froze so as to beat 

 loaded wagons. Cattle, sheep, and birds perished. 

 Great quantities of snow fell, and the storm continued 

 for three months. A backward spring and a general 

 scarcity (Lowe). 



Rainfall at Upminster, 26*6 in. (Derham). 



1710 Wheat, 78*. per qr. of nine bushels (Smith). 

 Wheat, 695. 4fd. per qr. (Tovey). 



A famine (Rogers). 



Price of a two-years-old colt from^ip to^i^. Fat 

 lambs sell in May at about los. 6d. each (Lisle). 



Rainfall at Upminster, 18-4 in. (Derham). 



Exportation of corn prohibited for one year (Tooke). 



Wheat at Lady Day, at us. 6d. the bushel of nine 

 gallons, having risen 200 per cent, in two years (Tooke). 



1711 Wheat, 54^. per qr. of nine bushels (Smith). 

 Wheat, 4&s. per qr. (Tovey). 



Wet and cold spring. Wheat cut July 27th; barley 

 26th August. Dry summer, but not hot (Lisle). 



October 7. Great storm, with thunder and lightning, 

 doing considerable damage near Oakhampton, in Devon 

 (Old Record). 



Rainfall at Upminster, 23*6 in. (Derham). 



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