Title
Most villages once had a ‘pound’ for stray livestock
Date
January 2021
Description
Information about the uses of a village pound.
Further info from Jane Wood rcvd via Reepham Life & Ann Middlemas January 2021 :-
The land surrounded by a brick wall which currently makes up the driveway and north garden of the house Moorcroft (on The Moor) was, I've been told, a place to keep animals overnight before market. So I guess another pound? In the 1960s it was used to dry fireman's hoses which were at the time made from canvas.
The Woods moved to Moorcroft in 1950. John Wood (d 2017) was a respected vet who, though retired, was still working in the 1990s - and riding on a massive horse to shop in the Market Place.
Further info from Jane Wood rcvd via Reepham Life & Ann Middlemas January 2021 :-
The land surrounded by a brick wall which currently makes up the driveway and north garden of the house Moorcroft (on The Moor) was, I've been told, a place to keep animals overnight before market. So I guess another pound? In the 1960s it was used to dry fireman's hoses which were at the time made from canvas.
The Woods moved to Moorcroft in 1950. John Wood (d 2017) was a respected vet who, though retired, was still working in the 1990s - and riding on a massive horse to shop in the Market Place.