Farms and Farming in Silverdale before 1914 – Jenny Ager
John Lucas, writing in the eighteenth century described Silverdale and Lindeth as a Kind of Peninsula, almost environd by the Sea and Mosses.
This study looks at the farm owners, occupiers and their families. The area being considered is the village of Silverdale and the hamlet of Lindeth. Silverdales area is about 1,1678 acres, Lindeths about 576 acres. The time chosen is the early part of the twentieth century, before the First World War brought so many changes in its wake.
The use of fairly recently released material, the Valuation Office survey carried out between 1910 and 1915 and the household schedules of the 1911 census, enable more detailed studies of the people, their work, property and land holdings, to be undertaken than has been possible before.