The Shropshire breed of domestic sheep originated from the hills of Shropshire, and North Staffordshire, England, during the 1840s. The breeders in the area used the local horned black-faced sheep and crossed them with a few breeds of white-faced sheep (Southdown, Cotswold, and Leicester). This produced a medium-sized polled (hornless) sheep that produced good wool and meat. In 1855 the first Shropshires were imported into the United States (Virginia). This breed is raised primarily for meat.
1800s
In 1859 the breed was officially recognized by the Royal Agricultural Society as being a distinct breed. The popularity of the Shropshire breed grew rapidly in England, and in 1882 Shropshire breeders founded the Shropshire Sheep Breeders' Association and Flock Book Society, the world's first such society for sheep. The same year the Society published the first Flock Book, a record of sheep bred and their breeders. The Society still survives, and still publishes a Flock Book annually.
The county's population and economy is centred on five towns: the county town of Shrewsbury, which is culturally and historically important and is located close to the centre of the county;Telford, a new town in the east which was constructed around a number of older towns, most notably Wellington, Dawley and Madeley, which is today the most populous; and Oswestry in the north-west, Bridgnorth just to the south of Telford, and Ludlow in the south. The county has many market towns, including Whitchurch in the north, Newport north-east of Telford and Market Drayton in the north-east of the county.
The exact origins of the Shropshire sheep breed are unclear but we have a good suspicion they are from Shropshire! The breed was developed in the early 19th century. The developers of the Shropshire breed were inspired by the success of the Leicester Longwool sheep and so made their own breed using the same method of 'selective breeding'.
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Visiting the Shropshires, ewes and lambs
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Shropshire Sheep | Adaptable Easy Fleshing
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Sheep Racing in Shropshire
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Shropshire Sheep feeding at the trough
The sheep include the local Shropshire Breed (the ones with black faces and legs). The video was made one evening in early June just after sunset on a quiet lane near the home of Anthony J Sargeant.
The exact origins of the Shropshire sheep breed are unclear but we have a good suspicion they are from Shropshire! The breed was developed in the early 19th cen...
The exact origins of the Shropshire sheep breed are unclear but we have a good suspicion they are from Shropshire! The breed was developed in the early 19th century. The developers of the Shropshire breed were inspired by the success of the Leicester Longwool sheep and so made their own breed using the same method of 'selective breeding'.
The exact origins of the Shropshire sheep breed are unclear but we have a good suspicion they are from Shropshire! The breed was developed in the early 19th century. The developers of the Shropshire breed were inspired by the success of the Leicester Longwool sheep and so made their own breed using the same method of 'selective breeding'.
The modern Shropshire is a useful and productive dual-purpose breed. Shropshires are medium sized and well fleeced.
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The modern Shropshire is a useful and productive dual-purpose breed. Shropshires are medium sized and well fleeced.
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The modern Shropshire is a useful and productive dual-purpose breed. Shropshires are medium sized and well fleeced.
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Join me for a week away from flock health, as we talk about the history of my county's native breed - the Shropshire
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So sometimes when you're lambing you'll have a sheep that has complications and needs a bit of a helping hand. This was a fairly straightforward one as it was j...
So sometimes when you're lambing you'll have a sheep that has complications and needs a bit of a helping hand. This was a fairly straightforward one as it was just a large lamb that she needed a bit of help getting out.
So sometimes when you're lambing you'll have a sheep that has complications and needs a bit of a helping hand. This was a fairly straightforward one as it was just a large lamb that she needed a bit of help getting out.
The sheep include the local Shropshire Breed (the ones with black faces and legs). The video was made one evening in early June just after sunset on a quiet lan...
The sheep include the local Shropshire Breed (the ones with black faces and legs). The video was made one evening in early June just after sunset on a quiet lane near the home of Anthony J Sargeant.
The sheep include the local Shropshire Breed (the ones with black faces and legs). The video was made one evening in early June just after sunset on a quiet lane near the home of Anthony J Sargeant.
The exact origins of the Shropshire sheep breed are unclear but we have a good suspicion they are from Shropshire! The breed was developed in the early 19th century. The developers of the Shropshire breed were inspired by the success of the Leicester Longwool sheep and so made their own breed using the same method of 'selective breeding'.
The modern Shropshire is a useful and productive dual-purpose breed. Shropshires are medium sized and well fleeced.
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So sometimes when you're lambing you'll have a sheep that has complications and needs a bit of a helping hand. This was a fairly straightforward one as it was just a large lamb that she needed a bit of help getting out.
The sheep include the local Shropshire Breed (the ones with black faces and legs). The video was made one evening in early June just after sunset on a quiet lane near the home of Anthony J Sargeant.
The Shropshire breed of domestic sheep originated from the hills of Shropshire, and North Staffordshire, England, during the 1840s. The breeders in the area used the local horned black-faced sheep and crossed them with a few breeds of white-faced sheep (Southdown, Cotswold, and Leicester). This produced a medium-sized polled (hornless) sheep that produced good wool and meat. In 1855 the first Shropshires were imported into the United States (Virginia). This breed is raised primarily for meat.
1800s
In 1859 the breed was officially recognized by the Royal Agricultural Society as being a distinct breed. The popularity of the Shropshire breed grew rapidly in England, and in 1882 Shropshire breeders founded the Shropshire Sheep Breeders' Association and Flock Book Society, the world's first such society for sheep. The same year the Society published the first Flock Book, a record of sheep bred and their breeders. The Society still survives, and still publishes a Flock Book annually.
Meanwhile, co-presenter Adam Henson joins a local farmer shepherding his Shropshire sheep on to the estate’s wildflower meadow for grazing before the royal chef prepares a feast of turkey and home-grown sprouts ... .
Meanwhile, co-presenter Adam Henson joins a local farmer shepherding his Shropshire sheep on to the estate’s wildflower meadow for grazing before the royal chef prepares a feast of turkey and home-grown sprouts ... Courtney Louise ... Join the conversation ... .
The royal, 76, looked in high spirits as he starred in the show alongside Countryfile presenter, Matt Baker...Adam Henson also joined a local farmer shepherding Shropshire sheep onto the estate's wildflower meadow for grazing ... He has previously said ... .
The lodge is six miles from market town Ludlow and ten from the ShropshireHills for walks, but reassuringly rural — there’s no phone signal and the only traffic noise you’ll hear is the odd tractor.
From a field gate under the boughs of the kink, looking east across the north Shropshire plain, a horned sheep steps from behind the trunk to stand defiantly in the foreground like an apparition in a landscape shaped by millennia of hoof and horn.
The Marches, Shropshire . The sheep struggles, trapped in a fence wire ... wide-spreading, short-crowned trees with a pronounced lean, compensated for by long, kinky balancing boughs ... ....
Their biggest customer is Dunnes Stores... He said ... Hand planted and tended to by the couple and their flock of Shropshire sheep, it takes between eight and ten years before they eventually make it into living rooms around the county for Christmas ... .
The 2023 Pratt CountyFair sheep show took place on Wednesday, July 19 after the conclusion of the 4-H goat show ... A total of 31 entries were made into this year’s sheep show ... The sheep were entered to one of two different divisions.
Only hours into our five-day adventure along the ShropshireUnion Canal and she has already got up close to horses, a field of sheep, cows and a dragonfly on the bank ... The Shropshire Union Canal, known ...
Winder’s book begins with the thesis that England became England after one Shropshire knight killed the last wolf in the countryside, paving the way for England’s sheep-fuelled agricultural revolution.
ITV NewsCentral reporter MarkGough speaks to the family who run the farm in Shropshire. Police are hunting for the person who horrifically killed a pregnant sheep and her unborn lamb on a farm in Shropshire.