Chicken Feed


not a lot of people know that . . .

chicken In 1347 the rents paid to the last Earl de Warenne for Thornes amounted to £8. Neighbouring Alverthorpe paid only £6.8s., but also supplied the Earl with hens and eggs.

'Thornes Park', by Richard Bell

E-mail; 'richard@daelnet.co.uk'

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