Farming Herdwick Sheep, Langdale Valley Farm, Lake District, c1960. Artist: CM Dixon.

Farming Herdwick Sheep, Langdale Valley Farm, Lake District, c1960. Artist: CM Dixon.

2-640-620 - © CM Dixon/Heritage Images

Farming Herdwick Sheep, Langdale Valley Farm, Lake District, c1960. Huge numbers of sheep are reared on the hill farms and moorlands of Cumbria, principally for their meat (lamb and mutton), milk and wool. They also yield sheepskin and parchment. The Herdwick is a breed of domestic sheep native to the Lake District of Cumbria.


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People Information

Creator
  1. CM Dixon, attributed to: British: Photographer

Medium
  1. Photograph

Picture Type
  1. Portrait

Geographic Hierarchy

World Europe United Kingdom England Cumbria Lake District

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World Europe United Kingdom England Cumbria

  1. 54 31 00 N , 003 01 00 W

Category Hierarchy

Science & Nature Animal Life

Trade & Industry Agriculture & Fishing

Artistic Representations Portraits


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4736x3156
File Size : 43,790kb


Aliases

  1. E5J23
  1. 0370004356
  1. 2-640-620
  1. 2640620
  1. E5J23

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