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This cup-type sheep bell with leather strap belonged to William Baker (c.1849–1916), a Berkshire shepherd who worked for several yeoman families in Hampshire and Berkshire.

1 sheep bell: leather and metal [brass]; good condition

MERL miscellaneous note – ‘60/123–128 // Leaflet from this file now accessioned as a document: D78/18. // History of the Burnham Flock of Hampshire Downs. Printed 1944’, MERL ‘Associated information’ form (60/126) – ‘...shepherd, William Baker. He was born at Honey Hill, off the Nine Mile Ride, Wokingham Without, Berkshire and died in 1916 aged 67. He worked for the following yeoman families:– Richard Kelsey of Eversley, Hants. The Groves of Ambarrow Farm, Berkshire. Sir William Farrar, Ambrarrow Court. // See also 60/123 and photograph of the shepherd himself in the Photograph Library.’