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An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… 8 acres of meadow, paunage for 12 swine, 3 cows, &c. 140 sheep, and 24 socmen held a carucate of land, and then 12 …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… mowed to almost any extent; they afford rich pasturage for sheep and black-cattle. The chief crops are oats, barley, … has greatly retarded the cultivation of the lands. The sheep, of which 16,000 are kept in the parish, and pastured … elevation, affording only pasturage to cattle and sheep; in the southern portion the hills are of inferior …
A History of the County of Chester
… road signs had been re-erected and the Roodee reseeded for sheep pasture. Rocket attacks on London brought fresh …
Old and New London
… highwaymen, and traitors, but also housebreakers, sheep-stealers, and forgers; the penalty of death, however, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… from Durham, with a view of improving the breed. Few sheep are reared in the parish. The plantations, nearly 300 … and the remainder afford good pasturage for cattle and sheep; the larger islands, Bernera and others, are described … afford tolerably good pasture for black-cattle and sheep, upon the rearing of which the people place their chief …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… freestone, limestone, and peat abound. A large fair for sheep is held on August 29th. The living is a rectory, valued … woollen, linen, and silk in other towns. A fair for sheep is held on the first Monday in Septemter, and there are …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… 'All other hides in the hair or undrest' [Rates (1660)], 'Sheep Skins undressed in the Wool' and 'Wolf Skins untawed or …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 7th and July 7th, chiefly for horses, horned-cattle, and sheep, and also for coarse linen-cloth. The powers of the …
A History of the County of Essex
… two manors in 1086 actually supporting 30 swine and 160 sheep. 195 In the next century the woodland diminished; … seems always to have been a parish of mixed agriculture. Sheep-farming has been carried on ever since the 11th century. Bequests of sheep are contained in 15th-century Upminster wills, and in …
A History of the County of Sussex
… lies on the Chalk of the South Downs, once largely open sheep pasture, which also provided a site for holding a …