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Recent Examples of smallholding
The concise menu – which is chalked up each day on a blackboard – uses produce from the restaurant’s nearby smallholding.
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The Week Uk,
TheWeek,
23 Feb. 2026
Today, countless smallholdings here still tend to the crop, like Jackie Russell, who offers tours of her family’s farm, a 25-acre site producing the Sugarloaf.
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Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
14 Apr. 2025
According To Nutritionists By Hannah Coates The rural setting of Glebe House, a restaurant with rooms surrounded by a 15-acre smallholding, is crucial to the spell of the place, which is heavy on Devonshire air and the scent of baking porridge bread.
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Jo Rodgers,
Vogue,
3 May 2024
Its contemporary décor is a world away from Heathcliff’s ramshackle smallholding, and includes luxuries like a swimming pool.
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Ruth Bloomfield,
WSJ,
9 Aug. 2018
Today, farmers from 1,448 smallholdings, including representatives of 25 ethnic minority groups such as the Lahu and Wa, bring their crops to Nestlé’s spanking new Pu’er headquarters.
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Time,
5 Apr. 2018
The Week Uk,
TheWeek,
23 Feb. 2026
Today, countless smallholdings here still tend to the crop, like Jackie Russell, who offers tours of her family’s farm, a 25-acre site producing the Sugarloaf.
—
Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
14 Apr. 2025
According To Nutritionists By Hannah Coates The rural setting of Glebe House, a restaurant with rooms surrounded by a 15-acre smallholding, is crucial to the spell of the place, which is heavy on Devonshire air and the scent of baking porridge bread.
—
Jo Rodgers,
Vogue,
3 May 2024
Its contemporary décor is a world away from Heathcliff’s ramshackle smallholding, and includes luxuries like a swimming pool.
—
Ruth Bloomfield,
WSJ,
9 Aug. 2018
Today, farmers from 1,448 smallholdings, including representatives of 25 ethnic minority groups such as the Lahu and Wa, bring their crops to Nestlé’s spanking new Pu’er headquarters.
—
Time,
5 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smallholding
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The bill was passed during the special session last month when lawmakers also approved the property tax ballot measure (SB 2F) which would increase the homestead property tax exemption from $50,000 to $150,000 in 2027 and to $250,000 in 2028.
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Tinajani, a six-room lodge centered around an old homestead on a former sheep farm, is set at a height of about 12,000 feet above sea level in the Altiplano.
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Set between Ostuni and Ceglie Messapica and surrounded by silvery olive groves, the Masseria Silentio is a former Masseriola, or rural farmhouse, dating back to the 18th century.
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This look is perfect for modern farmhouse styles and old-world or country aesthetics.
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About 12 million Africans were forcefully taken by traders from European nations from the 16th to the 19th century and enslaved on plantations that built wealth at the price of misery.
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Formerly privately owned and the site of two plantations, the land is now managed by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.
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Summer pruning removes the flowers that produce winter interest in the garden.
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With an extensive inventory of construction materials, tools, appliances, garden equipment and more, has been a go-to resource for home improvement since 1978.
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Where To Stay Nestled within a fairytale 20‑acre estate, just a 15‑minute drive from Port Isaac, Lamellen House is a glorious seven‑bedroom Victorian manor offering Bridgerton‑esque stays for up to 14 guests—but without the lofty price tag.
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And, of course, there are plenty of castles, estates, and old manors to get your history fix.
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Be sure to check out the 105-acre Buckner Homestead Historic District four miles outside town for more on how the valley was settled—and some tasty apples from its orchard.
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Villas have been constructed around the landscape to avoid any disruption to the area, and the hotel’s staff has created a seed bank to ensure that some of the rare local species in the forest garden and orchard are preserved.
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The story centers around a woman who inherits a mysterious hacienda filled with magic, secrets and unexpected connections that begin to reshape her life.
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The rooms There are 210 guest rooms and suites spread across a series of low-lying, hacienda-style buildings.
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Crossing to Scotland, Lerwick adds Shetland ponies and stone crofts, Kirkwall delivers Norse-meets-Scottish history and Skara Brae-era vibes, and Edinburgh’s skyline crowns it with castle views before the elegant glide up the Thames to Greenwich.
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Meanwhile, as the Highland Clearances violently removed tenant-farmer Scots from their crofts, the more communal, indoor instruments all but disappeared.
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“Smallholding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smallholding. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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