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A History of the County of Stafford
… cultivate it. Dieulacres reserved the right to pasture its cattle on the entire 240 a. once any corn or hay had been … the 240 a. remained inclosed. 79 There was a large herd of cattle at Mixon in the earlier 1260s, when the sheriff … The farming was dairy and sheep, with 1,634 head of cattle and 3,775 sheep and lambs. Of the 43 farms returned, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… The farming was dairy and sheep, with 2,034 head of cattle and 1,443 sheep and lambs. There were 770 hens. Of the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 33 At the end of the Middle Ages the grange was used for cattle farming. There were 18 cows there in 1490, 15 with a … grazing. The farming was dairy and sheep, with 903 head of cattle and 1,677 sheep and lambs. There were also 1,100 pigs, …
A History of the County of Leicester
… 17980, 283, 338, 361. Bean market, 46; bread market, 44; cattle market, 46, 266, 362, 363, 364, fair, 363; corn … 260, 262, 266, 271, 284, 341, 373, 375 n, 397; ch., 394; cattle market, 364; recreation ground, 272; see also Welford, …
Old and New London
… sundry garments on the grass, and in the next field are cattle, and a milkmaid carrying her pail. Stow, in his …
Survey of London
… and the use of the held for drying clothes and pasturing cattle after Lammas Day (12 August). This traditional usage … to the inhabitants for the loss of their right to graze cattle after Lammas Day. 136 Together with rents for other …
Survey of London
… family, founder of the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association, and later M.P. for Falmouth. 66 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and 25th of April, and the 7th and 8th of December, for cattle, pigs, pedlery, &c. The parish comprises 11,969 acres, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… meadow and pasture; the soil is chiefly a stiff clay. A cattle-fair is held on the 1st of May. The living is a … in the county, is on Tuesday, and is amply supplied with cattle, corn (which is toll free), lace, strawplat, &c. Fairs … a species of fine yellow clay, also, is found. A fair for cattle is held on August 15th. The living is a vicarage, with …
A History of the County of Chester
… lessees then paid 4 to graze a cow and 5 for a horse, the cattle being served by a bull provided by the corporation. 16 … 1858 Royal Agricultural Society show was staged, 31 and cattle which died in the 1866 plague were buried. 32 In the …