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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… This is a large, irregularly built village. Fairs for cattle, &c, are held on April 20th and Nov. 1st. Besides the … thrown up in the border wars, for the protection of cattle from the moss-troopers. Whelpington Tower, now the … who contributed much to the improvement of short-horned cattle, resided at Ketton House here. Wheston WHESTON, a …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… a. were in permanent pasture or leys; there were over 800 cattle and about 440 sheep. 36 About 370 a. of woodland have …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… established by the Whitby Agricultural Society, one for cattle in August, and the other in October for cheese: … in June, and another fair on October 19th and 20th, for cattle, pigs, &c. Whitchurch is a borough by prescription, … soil of the vale, which principally affords pasture for cattle, is a cold chalky clay, but in the parish generally …
A History of the County of Essex
… held land in adjoining parishes, bequeathed a few sheep or cattle, the largest bequests being of 10 sheep and 2 lambs, 1 … (42 a.); soft fruit was grown on 4 a. A total of 76 cattle and 140 sheep and lambs were kept. 86In 1923 Little …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is quarried, chiefly for repairing the roads. A fair for cattle is held on the first Thursday in June. The living is a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the parish by a stone bridge over the river. A fair for cattle held on August 24th, was some years ago of great …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… etc. No news. The days of old Smithfield are over. The new cattle market which seems to be a much superior sort of … while ago, when an express train overtook and ran into a cattle train, killing 16 drovers besides wounding many …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… supplied, is on Friday; and fairs are held annually, for cattle, at Kilminster on the first Tuesday of March, at Wick … in implements of husbandry have been adopted. The cattle are of the pure Highland breed, and a cross with the … attention is paid to the rearing of live-stock. The cattle are of the native black-breed, hardy, compact, and …
A History of the County of Northampton
… the right, as an out-town of the forest, to pasture cattle there between St. George's Day and Holy Rood Day (4 … 280 a. under winter corn, with grass ley breaks, and 200 cattle. The mill. In 1227 Henry son of Robert acquired land … acknowledgment of the right each parishioner had to turn cattle into the forest between Old St. George's Day (4 May) …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wicken's 'frith' and 'middle frith' assured access for the cattle of the lord and his tenants over a presumably … common meadow at Upware. 7 He also impounded villagers' cattle in unaccustomed places, driving them from his pinfold … by Ramsey abbey's men from Burwell and Reach, to pasture cattle, cut turf, and fish. 12 The southern part of the …