Name: Pounds and Pinfolds of Cumbria
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Author: Mills, Nigel
ISBN: 9781909644458

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Author

Nigel Mills

Publisher

Youcaxton

Language

English

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Paperback

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 0.6 cm

Weight

0.14 kg.

ISBN13

9781909644458

Synopsis "Pounds and Pinfolds of Cumbria"

Ask most people about pounds and pinfolds and they look blank. They may not have noticed the small, round or rectangular building that likely stands at the edge of their village. And yet these modest structures, now often reduced to piles of stones, were once an essential part of rural life in what is now Cumbria. They were where stray stock, and any animal found grazing on land for which its owner had no proper grazing rights, were once confined - until the owner paid a fine imposed by the local court. For hill-farmers and others, pounds or pinfolds were indispensable for ensuring community harmony. In this scholarly and well-researched account, Nigel Mills provides us with a comprehensive and unique insight into a little-considered aspect of our rural heritage and into the way of life of the men and women who farmed our hills in days gone by. It will be of great interest to local historians and to all who take an interest in the social history of Cumbria.

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