Agricultural Land Classification Survey Maps and Reports for Dinnington Brenkley

Northumberland survey data from the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food. It contains scanned original paper maps and reports for detailed site surveys conducted between 1989 and 1999, using the grading methodology from the Agricultural Land Classification of England and Wales. The data includes unedited soil sample points and pit descriptions for some surveys.

Use Cases

• Map agricultural land quality grades based on detailed site surveys.
• Analyze soil characteristics based on unedited sample point and pit description data.
• Compare land grading subdivisions (e.g., Grade 3a vs 3b) based on the current methodology.
• Support regional land use planning based on historical survey maps.

Strengths

• Survey data uses the official grading methodology from the Agricultural Land Classification of England and Wales.
• Includes subdivision of Grade 3 into subgrades 3a and 3b.
• Contains original scanned maps and reports from detailed surveys between 1989 and 1999.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Maps are at varying scales (1:5,000 to 1:50,000), which may affect consistency.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Scanned original paper maps and survey reports from detailed site surveys.

Time Range

1989-1999

Geography

Dinnington, Brenkley (Northumberland)