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A History of the County of Oxford
… and later. Though there was some early inclosure for sheep farming the area was largely one of nucleated villages … and Showell, properties of Bruern abbey, Cistercian sheep farming seems to have been a cause, while at Water Eaton (in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock and surrounding villages into the 20th century. Farming in the area was mixed, and the villages were … there was substantial early inclosure, chiefly for sheep farming, at Cogges and South Leigh in the west and Begbroke, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… as part of East Wick farm and devoted to arable and dairy farming. 3 The estate called Wootton in 1086 had on it 36 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… streams, are several very considerable works in which pig-iron from the foundries of Shropshire, Staffordshire, and …