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Robert Bakewell, the
second eldest son, was born on 23 May 1725 at
Dishley Grange, near
Loughborough in Leicestershire. As a
young man he travelled...
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Dishley Grange is a
house in
Dishley, Leicestershire, just north-west of
Loughborough on the A6 road.
Dishley Grange was the home...
- the
border of
Scotland with
their foundation stock being Dishley Leicester rams. The
Dishley Leicester was
created and bred by
Robert Bakewell (1726-1795)...
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college in the 1830s
through crosses of
Dishley Leicester and Rambouillet, and was
originally known as the
Dishley Merino. A
breed ****ociation was formed...
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Lincoln was used to
develop the
subsequent breed,
named the New (or
Dishley) Leicester. It was
hornless and had a square,
meaty body with straight...
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breeding scheme of
Robert Bakewell, in
Dishley,
Leicestershire in the
eighteenth century.
First known as the
Dishley Leicester, and then the
Hexham Leicester...
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Alternative names for the
breed include: Leicester,
Bakewell Leicester,
Dishley Leicester,
English Leicester,
Improved Leicester and New Leicester. It...
- the 18th century. The
original Dishley, off
Derby Road, was
heavily developed along with
Thorpe Acre in the 1970s.
Dishley Church in
Derby Road is now in...
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Agricultural Revolution of the 18th century, when
livestock breeds like the
Dishley Longhorn cattle and
Lincoln Longwool sheep were
rapidly improved by agriculturalists...
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century Robert Bakewell, of
Dishley in Leicestershire,
applied his
methods of
selective breeding to
these cattle; his "
Dishley Longhorn" was
highly successful...
