Milestones

British Agricultural Revolution

Also Known As Second Agricultural Revolution

Citation Formats

General Reference

Agriculture and Farming Atlas. "British Agricultural Revolution." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://agriculture.interactiveatlas.org/milestones/british-agricultural-revolution.

APA Style

Agriculture and Farming Atlas. (n.d.). British Agricultural Revolution. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://agriculture.interactiveatlas.org/milestones/british-agricultural-revolution

BibTeX

@misc{agricultureandfarmingatlas-british-agricultural-revolution,
  author = {Agriculture and Farming Atlas},
  title = {British Agricultural Revolution},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://agriculture.interactiveatlas.org/milestones/british-agricultural-revolution},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

The sustained rise in British farm output between the 17th and 19th centuries, built on the Norfolk four-course rotation, clover and turnips, Bakewell's livestock breeding, Tull's drill and the enclosure of common fields. It fed a doubling population and freed the labor that filled the factories, which is why historians treat it as the necessary precondition of the Industrial Revolution, while enclosure's dispossession of smallholders is part of the same ledger.

Facts

When

17th to 19th centuries 1

Location

Great Britain 1

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