Swaledale (disambiguation) — Swaledale is one of the Yorkshire Dales in the United Kingdom. The name may also refer to:*Swaledale (sheep), a breed of sheep named for the Yorkshire dale *Swaledale Festival, within the Yorkshire Dales *Swaledale, Iowa, a small town in the… … Wikipedia
Swaledale — Geographical overviewSwaledale starts to the east of Nine Standards Rigg, the prominent ridge with nine ancient tall cairns on the Cumbria–Yorkshire boundary which forms part of the main East–West Watershed of Northern England. To the west lies… … Wikipedia
swaledale — ˈswā(ə)lˌdā(ə)l noun Etymology: from Swaledale, upland vale in Yorkshire, England, where it is bred 1. usually capitalized : a British breed of hardy mutton type hill sheep producing a very long but coarse fleece 2. s often capitalized : a sheep… … Useful english dictionary
Glossary of sheep husbandry — The raising of domestic sheep has existed in nearly every inhabited part of the globe, and the variations in cultures and languages which have kept sheep has produced a vast lexicon of unique terminology used to describe sheep husbandry. A few of … Wikipedia
List of sheep breeds — This is a list of domestic sheep breeds. Domestic sheep ( Ovis aries ) are partially derived from mouflon ( Ovis orientalis ) stock, and have diverged sufficiently to be considered a different species.Comprehensive list of domestic sheep breeds… … Wikipedia
Norfolk Horn (sheep) — A Norfolk Horn wether The Norfolk Horn (also known as Blackface Norfolk Horned, Norfolk Horned, Old Norfolk or Old Norfolk Horned)[1] is one of the British black faced sheep breeds. It differs from other black faced breeds which are mainly found… … Wikipedia
Mule (sheep) — In sheep farming, the term Mule is used to refer to a cross between a lowland ram (usually a Bluefaced Leicester) and a purebred upland (or hill) ewe.[1] The production of such mule ewes is a widely used breeding management system which offers… … Wikipedia
Yan Tan Tethera — was a traditional numeric jargon used by shepherds to count sheep in northern England and southern Scotland. Until the Industrial Revolution, the use of specialised traditional number systems was common among shepherds, especially in the dales of … Wikipedia
Lake District — The Skiddaw massif, town of Keswick and Derwent Water seen from Walla Crag … Wikipedia
Fell farming — is the farming of Fells, i.e. areas of uncultivated high ground used as common grazing. It is a term commonly used in Northern England, especially in the Lake District and the Pennine Dales. Elsewhere, the terms hill farming or pastoral farming… … Wikipedia
