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A History of the County of Sussex
… 50 ft. lower. The parish is entirely agricultural, with sheep pasture on the high Downs, and arable land on the clay …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… had earlier claimed that in winter it was impassable for sheep, and that he had often to obtain permission to drive … of almost the whole estate evidently for the purpose of sheep-farming: one of the inclosed areas was called … was of 133 a., mostly arable but including foldage and a sheep-walk. A small part, enfranchised in 1845, was copyhold …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the principal crop was wheat. In 1866 there were c. 200 sheep, 188 cattle including 83 cows, and 77 pigs. 87 The area … usually more than 300 cattle and 200 pigs, fewer than 100 sheep. Nearly the whole parish was pasture, with some arable …
A History of the County of Oxford
… their fortunes during the century, probably through sheep-farming. 298 The Burgesses, tenants of the Queen's … other freehold land, probably also made their money out of sheep. 299 Lawrence Burgess was in a position to buy up land … in South End to have a right to common pasture for 33 sheep, 5 'neate beasts', and an unlimited number of cattle. …
Magna Britannia
… annual fairs at Hayfield, May 11th for cattle, horses, and sheep; and July 23d for sheep and wool. The rood-loft in the chapel remains entire, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… were grown in Glympton in the 14th and 15th centuries, but sheep and cattle were probably more important to the economy … including 8 oxen, 1 bull, 9 cattle, 24 pigs, 3 rams, 163 sheep, and 62 lambs. Some tenants, amerced for trespassing in the corn, had flocks of as many as 60 or 80 sheep. 122 The only evidence for the stint in the parish is …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… of the town near the old Court Hall. The cattle and sheep disappeared by 1870 after the rinderpest outbreak of …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… hills rise high on each side, those on the west being the sheep walks belonging to Godmersham-house, the summits of …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Chilton Candover) as well as pasture for 12 oxen and 200 sheep among his own herds. For this a rent of 5 s. a year was … and three years later their still more valuable right of sheep pasture 10 against 50 acres near 'Buggenore.' These …
A History of the County of Bedford
… claim of the inhabitants of Goldington to pasture their sheep in the commons of the manor, a right which they … in the parish and no pasture would be left for the sheep and cattle of the farmers if this claim were allowed. …