{"product_id":"john-billingsley-1747-1811-lin-thorley-9781914407796","title":"John Billingsley 1747-1811: Entrepreneur turned Agriculturualist","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Billingsley of Ashwick Grove in the Somerset Mendips of south-west England - agricultural pioneer and 'improver'. His story gives a unique insight into eighteenth-century rural life in the west country. Accumulating capital and land while relatively young, he then began experimenting in farming methods, his life-long passion. He is best known for the General View of Agriculture in Somerset, was a key member of the early Bath and West Society and an authority on Enclosure, and was also active in wool, turnpikes, canals, mining, drainage and as co-owner of the Oakhill Brewery. Billingsley was a man of huge energy and great talent, and highly thought of by his wide circle of friends and contacts, many of whom appear in this book. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lin Thorley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1914407792\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781914407796\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hobnob Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/14\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d","brand":"Lin Thorley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437138489599,"sku":"9781914407796","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5b5141f9-0dc1-4555-8504-7a6a53503de2.jpg?v=1777160125","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/john-billingsley-1747-1811-lin-thorley-9781914407796","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}