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A History of the County of Berkshire
… in the manure for the land and in the folding of the sheep, 91 and they had pasture for their cows and young … from Easter to St. Andrew's Day, when the abbot's sheep were turned in. 92 The burgesses owed suit at the …
A History of the County of Essex
… other than plough oxen. In 1066 there had been 30 sheep, 40 swine, 3 'beasts', and a rouncey, but in 1086 there were 120 sheep, 80 swine, 8 'beasts', a rouncey, and 3 hives of bees. … In the early 19th century John Houblon kept 300 Southdown sheep on his Hallingbury estate. 156 Returns for 1866 list …
A History of the County of Oxford
… for crossing and recrossing Harrington common with his sheep. The courts were also concerned with the regulation of … his own agricultural rights: tenants had to fold their sheep in the lord's pinfold and were fined if they tried to … no details of it have survived. The court rolls show that sheep farming was extensively practised in the parish and …
A History of the County of Hertford
… 66 The lord also possessed the liberty of a pinfold for sheep. 67 There was a mill in Great Munden in 1086. 68 A …
A History of the County of Essex
… of teams had increased from 2 to 2, and 34 swine and 80 sheep had been added. 137 The Domesday woodland was shared … 1926. Pigs also increased, from 49 in 1866 to 266 in 1926. Sheep declined from 744 in 1866 to 140 in 1906, but increased …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… (fl. 1639). 97 In 1669 Henry Barnard was a substantial sheep-farmer in the parish, 98 and in 1672 John Barnard was … the wood and furze growing on the cow-common and the sheep-pastures was held in severalty. In 1775 the rate for … 149 In the late 16th century loans to a widow included 80 sheep, 150 and at his death in 1601 William Chadwell of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… sown on the Ely demesne. 167 In 1086 there were c. 240 sheep, 80 pigs, 15 cattle, and 24 goats recorded on the Ely and Valognes demesnes. 168 Sheep remained important in the parochial economy: Ely tenants had to keep their sheep in the lord's fold and the manor employed a shepherd. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… grown on only a small acreage. There were 329 cows, 533 sheep, and 346 pigs on farms based in the parish. From 1876 … arable, and dairy farming increased at the expense of both sheep farming and pig keeping. After 1966 more land was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1622 Sir Laurence Tanfield, having begun by putting large sheep flocks on Cow hill, after much difficulty secured an … of Park hill. 225 The earlier inclosures may have been for sheep farming, though in 1675 John Poulton, tenant of … 150 worth of corn as well as 13 horses, 29 cattle, and 240 sheep. 227 Another tenant of inclosed land was probably …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… suggested by the changes in the arrangements for pasturing sheep. The inclosed demesne included a high proportion of … because inclosure was intended to make the demesne a sheep farm, and only one-third of the pasture on the hill … was that the tenants had to reduce the number of their sheep-commons, and a man who had held pasture for 90 sheep on …