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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… June 22nd, Oct. 2nd, and the Monday before Dec. 21st, for cattle, pigs, &c. The market-house is an ancient edifice of … The Free Market for the sale of vegetables, fruit, hay, cattle, and pigs, occupies an area of nearly 10,000 square … 10th and 11th for horses, and on November 8th and 9th for cattle; and eight fairs are held annually for leather in the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… consist of a small building N. of the house, a cattle-shed W. of the house, and a barn of seven bays S.W. of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… market is on Wednesday; and there are fairs, chiefly for cattle, on the Wednesday before February 3rd, … 28th, and the Wednesday after October 10th: the principal cattle-fair is that on the 18th of May. The powers of the … of the butcher's meat: the fairs principally for horses, cattle, sheep, and cheese, are on Jan. 4th, March 2nd, the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… for pigs 'without number' and in the summer for 200 dry cattle. 52 By 1343 Hulton abbey had a grange in the north … Leekfrith. 67 It is possible that those men arranged for cattle from other parts of the county to be pastured on … farming was chiefly dairy and sheep, with 2,441 head of cattle and 2,422 sheep and lambs. There were also 2,162 pigs …
A History of the County of Stafford
… grazing. Dairy farming predominated, with 1,761 head of cattle. There were 399 sheep and lambs and 3,000 hens. Of the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 1 carucate in 1291. 14 By the 1490s the abbey's cattle were managed from Swythamley, using land there and in … The farming was dairy and sheep, with 1,040 head of cattle and 1,304 sheep and lambs. There were also 10,550 …
A History of the County of Stafford
… pasture. In 1490 Dieulacres had a herd of just over 200 cattle at Swythamley in Heaton. Sheep farming too was …
A History of the County of Stafford
… existed by 1705, and Samuel Toft, a button merchant, had cattle and goods there worth 29 at the time of his death, … in 1830 by Joshua Wardle. In the 1820s a fortnightly cattle market was introduced during part of the year and new … closed by a strike to shut. The marchers then went to the cattle market for a meeting at which their leaders called on …
A History of the County of Stafford
… used land in the north part of the township as pasture for cattle belonging to the abbey's grange at Swythamley. 87 By … The farming was dairy and sheep, with 3,271 head of cattle and 7,621 sheep and lambs. There were 29,814 hens, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… was predominantly dairy and sheep, with 804 head of cattle and 555 sheep and lambs. Cereal and horticultural …