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This series about the last wolf is dedicated to this hidden history linked to places like Shepperton and the crucial role of sheep and wool in this story.
The name Shepperton is thought to derive from the Old English scēp (sheep), hirde (herdsman) and tūn (enclosure, farm or settlement). The name is generally agreed to mean "shepherd's farm" or "shepherd's settlement".
This series is dedicated to the now hidden role sheep have played in the history and development of England. Like Shepperton all over the country are place names and landmarks linked to sheep and wool.
Kings over time had pursued a policy to rid England of wolves. In 1290 in Shropshire, during the reign of Edward 1st, the Last Wolf was eradicated in the western shires and the rest of England soon after.
This allowed England to become something unique in Europe: a giant sheep farm with an annual cash crop of wool. In contrast wolves could not be eradicated in continental Europe due to the endless forests in the Baltic region and Russia.
The demand for wool for clothing was never ending. So since the Middle Ages the export of wool from England's sheep became the beating heart of it's national wealth. The two biggest sources of continental demand were Flanders and Tuscany.
The medieval monasteries had huge flocks of sheep. Fountain Abbey in Yorkshire for example had 18,000 sheep. By Tudor times sheep outnumbered people by three to one.
The ports of Southampton, King's Lynn, Hull, Sunderland grew to handle the huge exports. Finance houses in London grew up to handle all the money involved. The cost of running the Royal Palaces, courts and the Kingdom was financed by excise duties on wool exports.
Money from wool paid for the great swathe of cathedrals, churches, guild halls, manor houses, monasteries, towns, markets, mills and villages across England. All the urban trades required to build and sustain this network of buildings and people developed as a consequence.
Trades and guilds for stonemasons, woodcutters, carpenters, glaziers, blacksmiths, millers, bakers, butchers, brewers grew alongside the rural trades of shepherd, ploughman and foresters. Many English surnames derive from these trades linked to the wealth from sheep.
The fact that England was the first nation to have an annual cash crop is the link to why it was also the first to experience the industrial revolution and modern living standards. An abundance of wool, coal and water were the basis of this prosperity.
This series about the last wolf is dedicated to this hidden history linked to places like Shepperton and the crucial role of sheep and wool in this story.
The name Shepperton is thought to derive from the Old English scēp (sheep), hirde (herdsman) and tūn (enclosure, farm or settlement). The name is generally agreed to mean "shepherd's farm" or "shepherd's settlement".
This series is dedicated to the now hidden role sheep have played in the history and development of England. Like Shepperton all over the country are place names and landmarks linked to sheep and wool.
Kings over time had pursued a policy to rid England of wolves. In 1290 in Shropshire, during the reign of Edward 1st, the Last Wolf was eradicated in the western shires and the rest of England soon after.
This allowed England to become something unique in Europe: a giant sheep farm with an annual cash crop of wool. In contrast wolves could not be eradicated in continental Europe due to the endless forests in the Baltic region and Russia.
The demand for wool for clothing was never ending. So since the Middle Ages the export of wool from England's sheep became the beating heart of it's national wealth. The two biggest sources of continental demand were Flanders and Tuscany.
The medieval monasteries had huge flocks of sheep. Fountain Abbey in Yorkshire for example had 18,000 sheep. By Tudor times sheep outnumbered people by three to one.
The ports of Southampton, King's Lynn, Hull, Sunderland grew to handle the huge exports. Finance houses in London grew up to handle all the money involved. The cost of running the Royal Palaces, courts and the Kingdom was financed by excise duties on wool exports.
Money from wool paid for the great swathe of cathedrals, churches, guild halls, manor houses, monasteries, towns, markets, mills and villages across England. All the urban trades required to build and sustain this network of buildings and people developed as a consequence.
Trades and guilds for stonemasons, woodcutters, carpenters, glaziers, blacksmiths, millers, bakers, butchers, brewers grew alongside the rural trades of shepherd, ploughman and foresters. Many English surnames derive from these trades linked to the wealth from sheep.
The fact that England was the first nation to have an annual cash crop is the link to why it was also the first to experience the industrial revolution and modern living standards. An abundance of wool, coal and water were the basis of this prosperity.