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A History of the County of Oxford
… The rector probably provided a common bull for the village herd, and in 1581 the rector bequeathed his best bull to a …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… and grass, 100 a. of permanent pasture on which a dairy herd was maintained, and 300 a. of downland grazing for beef … in 1977 had, besides its pasture lands on which a dairy herd of no cows was maintained, 460 a. of arable mostly …
A History of the County of Warwick
… of the land lies between 270 ft. and 300 ft., rising at Herd Hill, a mile north-east of the village, to 400 ft. A … Bordesley Abbey. 4 There was probably once a windmill on Herd Hill above Windmill Farm. The soil is chiefly clay with …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… from the Revd. G. D. Gordon, the Manse, St. David's Way, Herd Street, Marlborough; below, Marlborough, prot. nonconf. …
A History of the County of Hertford
… day, and the park is very well timbered and contains a herd of fallow deer. Sir William Temple commends the garden … of George Wyngborn and Emma his wife, then wife of George Herd, conveyed the manors of Bigging and Fordes to Robert … Robert Andrew. 183 The manors were held by Emma and George Herd for the life of Emma. 184 All trace of this manor has …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… following odd circumstance, (says oral tradition) a swine-herd's boy of a happy countenance was placed near the church …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… for making cheese, and Henry Huddleston had a small dairy-herd at his death in 1713. 218 In 1719 common rights were … in 1581 for pasturing cattle on Dale Moor before the town herd was put there. 227 Rights of common were restricted to …