The management of some South Yorkshire landed estates in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, linked with the central economic development of the area (1700-1850)
Between 1700 and 1850 South Yorkshire contained some of the most valuable portions of a number of Britain's greatest landed estates. Industrialization brought increased population, mineral working, industrial and transport development, agricultural change and urbanization. This increased the values of property absolutely and in relation to holdings elsewhere. This thesis examines the role of estates in these processes, assesses their contribution and gains, and seeks to establish the extent to which landowners were passive rent receivers and investors. 'Pure rent' receipts increased, but estate administrations also played a wide-ranging and positive role. Investments changed the relative value of land, generating increased rents from resources previously under utilized. Reactions to opportunity were not uniform. The 'commercial ethos of economic individualism' penetrated in differing degrees, and material circumstances differed within this area. The availability of alternative supplies of capital and enterprise, changes in family priorities among owners and changes in the economic climate, all influenced commitment. Urban growth was important with mining, transport and industry, and two of the largest estates
Nunn, Paul James
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The management of some South Yorkshire landed estates in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, linked with the central economic development of the area (1700-1850). Between 1700 and 1850 South Yorkshire contained some of the most valuable portions of a number of Britain's greatest landed estates. Industrialization brought increased population, mineral working, industrial and transport development, agricultural change and urbanization. This increased the values of property absolutely and in relation to holdings elsewhere. This thesis examines the role of estates in these processes, assesses their contribution and gains, and seeks to establish the extent to which landowners were passive rent receivers and investors. 'Pure rent' receipts increased, but estate administrations also played a wide-ranging and positive role. Investments changed the relative value of land, generating increased rents from resources previously under utilized. Reactions to opportunity were not uniform. The 'commercial ethos of economic individualism' penetrated in differing degrees, and material circumstances differed within this area. The availability of alternative supplies of capital and enterprise, changes in family priorities among owners and changes in the economic climate, all influenced commitment. Urban growth was important with mining, transport and industry, and two of the largest estates
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