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The Southdown is a British breed of domestic sheep, [6]: 918 [2] the smallest of the British breeds. [ 7 ] : 23 It is a shortwool breed, and the basis of the whole Down group of breeds. It was originally bred by John Ellman of Glynde , near Lewes in East Sussex , in about 1800.
The Hampshire Down or Hampshire is a British breed of sheep.It originated in about 1829 from cross-breeding of Southdowns with the Old Hampshire breed, the Wiltshire Horn and the Berkshire Nott, all horned, white-faced sheep — these were native to the open, untilled, hilly stretch of land known as the Hampshire Downs.
Four breeds of sheep, in the illustrated encyclopedia Meyers Konversationslexikon. This is a list of breeds of domestic sheep.Domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are partially derived from mouflon (Ovis gmelini) stock, and have diverged sufficiently to be considered a different species.
John Ellman (17 October 1753 – 22 November 1832) was an English farmer and stock breeder who developed the Southdown breed of sheep. Biography. Early life
The Suffolk is a British breed of domestic sheep. It originated in the late eighteenth century in the area of Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk, as a result of cross-breeding when Norfolk Horn ewes were put to improved Southdown rams. It is a polled, black-faced breed, and is raised primarily for its meat. It has been exported to many countries, and ...
The Sheep Centre in July 2008. The Seven Sisters Sheep Centre was a farm near East Dean, in the Seven Sisters Country Park of the South Downs in England. It held a large collection of about 50 sheep breeds, including rare breeds no longer raised by commercial farmers, and a number of Southdown sheep.
In the early 1980s, 45 registered flocks were in the UK, [4] but the 2009 edition of the flock book of the Wiltshire Horn Sheep Society recognises almost 300 flocks. The Wiltshire Horn is one of the foundation breeds for Katahdin, Wiltipoll, and Easycare breeds and the Hampshire breed along with Southdown sheep and the Berkshire Nott. [4]
Oxford Down sheep at a livestock show. The Oxford Down is a British breed of domestic sheep. It was developed in the 1830s by cross-breeding of Hampshire Down and Southdown ewes with Cotswold rams. [2] [4] It is reared primarily for meat. [2]