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A History of the County of Northampton
… single royal estate after 1542, it is possible to discuss farming in some detail from the mid 16th century onwards. On … within the honor and on the private estates, common-field farming continued largely unchanged, apart from limited … The estate's diversification away from relying purely on farming, whether kept in hand or let, began in the 1st Lord …
Survey of London
… size apart, the congestion of the street with cattle and sheep being driven to Smithfield made rebuilding on the same …
Old and New London
… endless ephemeral books on carving, law, declamation, farming, &c.twenty-five separate works in all. He died in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… township. There are also quarries of good buildingstone. A sheep-fair is held on the Wednesday after Michaelmas-day. A …
A History of the County of Sussex
… common pasture for cattle in the 14th century 11 and for sheep in the 15th. 12 Demesne meadow is recorded in the 14th … ( Sources: W.S.R.O., TD/W 33, 78; above, manors.) Arable farming dominated in the parish in the Middle Ages. The two … pigs and geese as well as cattle being kept. 34 There were sheep on Cudlow manor in the 14th and 15th centuries. 35 In …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and 7th of December; there is also a fair for cattle and sheep every alternate Tuesday. The first sod of the …