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		rantallion 27 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Can you take an ox to Oxford? Sheep on the Town Moor would be a new one. The Freeman of the city have herbage rights for cattle, which are a frequent sight. > "herbage right" means the full right and benefit of herbage vested in the resident freemen and widows to graze cows on the Town Moor; Source: [Newcastle-upon-Tyne Town Moor Act 1988](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/1988/31/pdfs/ukla_198800...)

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