Talk:John Ellman

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A useful paper available free online for anyone who'd like to expand the article is

S. Farrant, ‘John Ellman of Glynde in Sussex’, Agricultural History Review, 26 (1978), 77–88 http://www.bahs.org.uk/26n2a1.pdf.

I don't really have time to do it right now, but may have a bash at some point if nobody beats me to it. For anyone with access to a good library, the other references given by the ODNB are:

R. J. Moore-Colyer, ‘Sheep’, The agrarian history of England and Wales, ed. J. Thirsk, 6, ed. G. E. Mingay (1989)
R. Trow-Smith, A history of British livestock husbandry, 1700–1900, 2 vols. (1957–9)
J. G. Gazley, The life of Arthur Young, 1741–1820 (1973)
J. Ellman, ‘An account of the expense and produce of a flock of 560 Southdown ewes, stating the average of the last seven years’, Annals of Agriculture, 11 (1789), 345–55
J. Baxter, Baxter's library of practical agriculture, 4th edn (1851), vol. 2 [memoir of Ellman]

Iain99^{Balderdash and piffle} 22:57, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There is a little information available at s:Highways and Byways in Sussex/Glynde and Ringmer#282 billinghurst sDrewth 13:40, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]