2-889-273 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Lewes Great Sheep Fair, 1850. Livestock market in Sussex, held at '...Landport Farm, lying at the back of the New Gaol...Among the earliest...sales of the day, were two pens of ewes belonging to the Messrs. Hampton of Applesham. Several parties were in waiting for them, and we believe one of the lots (100) was sold before the sheep were fairly in the pen, at 35s[hillings]. These sheep attracted a good deal of attention, and were much admired...For lambs the demand was very brisk...For cull ewe lambs, however, there was not much inquiry; 15s. was about the current price, and. many of these were driven away unsold....whether we take ewes, lambs, or rams, the prices of Saturday fully equalled, and in fact exceeded those of last year...The.entire number of sheep penned was, we understand, about 28,000, being within a couple of thousand of last year's number.' From "Illustrated London News", 1850.