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  2. Lincoln sheep - Wikipedia

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    The Lincoln is the largest British sheep, developed specifically to produce the heaviest, longest and most lustrous fleece of any breed in the world. Great numbers were exported to many countries to improve the size and wool quality of their native breeds. The versatile fleece is in great demand for spinning, weaving and many other crafts.

  3. Devon and Cornwall Longwool - Wikipedia

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    The Devon and Cornwall Longwool was created in 1977 through merger of two long-established traditional local breeds, the Devon Longwool and the South Devon. [4]: 796 [5] A breed society, the Devon & Cornwall Longwool Flock Association, was formed through merger of the existing breed societies of the two constituent breeds.

  4. Leicester Longwool - Wikipedia

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    The fleece should be dense (having thick and blocky clumps of wool also known as the staple). It should be lustrous, indicating the shine on the wool, and should have a well-defined crimp or wave from skin to tip. The common fibre diameter for an Leicester Longwool is 32 to 38 micrometres (microns).

  5. Bluefaced Leicester - Wikipedia

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    The Bluefaced Leicester (BFL) is a longwool breed of sheep which evolved from a breeding scheme of Robert Bakewell, in Dishley, Leicestershire in the eighteenth century. . First known as the Dishley Leicester, and then the Hexham Leicester, because of the prevalence of the breed in Northumberland, the name Bluefaced Leicester became known at the beginning of the 20th cent

  6. Devon Longwool - Wikipedia

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    The Devon Longwool was a British breed of domestic sheep from south-west England. It was distributed in southern Somerset and northern Devon, and was – like the Greyface Dartmoor and the South Devon – a polled longwool sheep.

  7. Cotswold sheep - Wikipedia

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    The Cotswold is a British breed of domestic sheep. It originates in, and is named for, the Cotswold hills of the southern midlands of England. It is a large long-woollen sheep, and is kept as a dual-purpose breed, providing both meat and wool. [4] It is a rare breed: in 2021 it was listed as "at risk" on the watchlist of the Rare Breeds ...

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