From a roll of the household ex-1 ponses of Richard de Swinfield. Bishop of Hereford (1289 and 1290) it is gathered that wine was then of two sorts —red and white; the red imported, the white chiefly. if not altogether.! home-made. To that time the culture j of the vine was, to some extent, attend, ed with success. Many towns, especially where great religious establishmenthad been formed, could boast of vineyards in their neighbourhood. Worcester, Gloucester, Tewkesbury, Hereford and Ledbury were some.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 29 October 1941, Page 3
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