In pictures
The National Farm Survey, 1941–1943
The National Farm Survey was created during the Second World War to increase food production and to plan for post-war agriculture. Maps and forms of this ‘Second Domesday’ give details of over 300,000 farms, and record farmers and agricultural practice across England and Wales.
Map for Doddinghurst in Essex
- Date
- 1941–1943
- Catalogue reference
- MAF 73/13/71
A map of an area which has been divided up into sections and coloured in by hand
Map for Mayfield in East Sussex
- Date
- 1941–1943
- Catalogue reference
- MAF 73/41/29
A map of an area which has been divided up into sections with coloured outlines
Individual Farm Record for the Reformatory School at Pinhoe in Devon
- Date
- 1941–1943
- Catalogue reference
- MAF 32/687/445
An official form listing crops and livestock on a farm
Individual Farm Record for Marsh Farm on the King's Estates at Sandringham in Norfolk
- Date
- 1941–1943
- Catalogue reference
- MAF 32/735/243
An official form titled 'Farm Survey' that has been filled in by hand