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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… often live in the same apartment with calves, sheep, pigs, and other animals. The inland and higher parts of the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… pastoral, with stock consisting of cattle, sheep, and some pigs. Rye, oats, and barley were grown. 77 By 1576 much of … was under barley and the rest was used for dairy cattle, pigs, and poultry. Vigo farm was a 12-acre small holding. 84 …
A History of the County of Stafford
… his own sheep outside the parish for summer pasturing. 76 Pigs and poultry were frequently kept; in 1588 Persehouse … 10 From at least the 1750s the market trade was mainly in pigs, poultry, butter, garden produce, and crockery. 11 With the end of the Napoleonic wars the trade in pigs was much increased. The navy no longer needed large …
A History of the County of Stafford
… first report in 1871 also noted the widespread keeping of pigs in crowded parts of the town as an evil. 50 In 1882 the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… to its present site by witches in the shape of white pigs see N. & Q. 4th ser. xii. 245. S.R.O., D. 1287/8/2, map; …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… each of which, a fair is held for the sale of sheep and pigs. A fair also takes place on the first Monday after the …