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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with flints; good barley is produced, and large flocks of sheep are pastured. The living is a rectory, valued in the … of Salisbury Plain, and entirely appropriated to pasturing sheep. The soil is incumbent on chalk and flint. The living …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… greater portion is arable, and the remainder principally sheep-walks, with plantations chiefly of ash and fir trees. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the 16th of July and 20th of November, for horses, cattle, sheep, and pigs. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… been less highly valued and was formerly used mainly as sheep pasturage; it is sparsely populated. The latter, which …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 3 Twenty years later, although barn robberies were common, sheep stealing was not prevalent in Elm, and the state of the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… it had a herd of 65 cattle and a flock of more than 500 sheep. 43 The number of tenants was greatly reduced by the … south part of the parish provided both common and several sheep-pasture; the Wiston manor demesne farm had several pasture there in 1293 49 and 500 sheep-leazes in 1357, 50 and Lyons manor had 250 leazes there …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… belonged to John Chamberlain in 1638. Of his 230 sheep 60 were at Stoughton; but those in Johnson's and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is on Thursday. A market lately established for cattle and sheep is held on the last Thursday in each month; and fairs …
A History of the County of Oxford
… many leading clothiers, woolmen, and fullers were sheep farmers on a significant scale: many held land in the … his own loom) worth 31, left hay, corn, pigs, and 62 sheep in 1621, while a small clothier in 1638 had a close of …