Resources

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BOOKS The Cowkeeper’s Wish

Tracy Kasaboski and Kristen den Hartog

Douglas & McIntyre, 2019 Two sisters have researched the moving tale of their Welsh ancestors, who migrated on foot to London with their cattle.

Cows, Cobs & Corner Shops

Megan Hayes

Y Lolfa, 2018

Hayes tells the story of how Welsh dairy farmers supplied consumers in London.

Urban Cowboys

Duncan Scott

DWS Publications, 2010 Scott provides a fascinating insight into urban dairies.

MUSEUMS MUSEUM OF ENGLISH RURAL LIFE

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University of Reading, 6 Redlands Road, Reading RG1 5EX t 0118 378 8660 w merl.reading.ac.uk/

collections/dairy-collection The museum has documents and literature relating to the wider dairy industry.

WEBSITES COWKEEPERS

w johnhearfield.com/

Cowkeeping/Cowkpr1.htm This useful introduction to historic cowkeeping in London lists several primary sources.

THE LIBRARY TIME MACHINE

w rbkclocalstudies.wordpress.

com/2015/10/08/milk Dave Walker’s blog collates ephemera from the historic milk trade in London.

A SENSE OF PLACE

w bit.ly/ASOPCowhouses

See photos of former cowhouses hidden in the city of Liverpool.