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A History of the County of Gloucester
… 87 but in 1672 the court stinted the fallow fields at 2 sheep for each acre owned, and 3 sheep for a house. 88 Common in the fields in which the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the 4½ hides held by William Scudet, 18½ hides for villein farming. 2 The Geld Roll, however, attributes 35½ hides to … and pasture for an unspecified number of oxen, cows, and sheep. There was some park and woodland, as well as the … of several pasture for cattle, and a several pasture for sheep on the downs. There were 100 a. of wood, of which 30 a. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… caused. 82 At the end of the 19th century there was also a sheep fair on Bratton Down. Some 20,000 sheep were brought to this fair in the early 20th century, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… had some 160 acres of inclosed land in Westbury and a sheep house. 58 In 1570 Stephen Whitaker, already a … with the clothing industry for that of corn- and sheep-farming. The clothier, Henry Phipps, was acquiring …