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Volume 10 Issue 4

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The Medieval Blacksmith, Ancestor of the Engineer The medieval blacksmith in England was a servant of the manor, holding his land, cottage and forge on the same terms as other tenants, owing rent and services to the Lord of the Manor. A farrier in London at the site of St Clement Danes owed a rent of six horseshoes and sixty-one nails per annum as rent. Although horseshoeing was a major part of the work of most blacksmiths, specialities developed to include the manufacture of...

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Volume 10 Issue 3

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Clement Stephenson: Benefactor Clement Stephenson was born about 1832 and qualified form London Veterinary College. He returned to his native Newcastle-upon-Tyne and his father’s farriery business. He was appointed to be the Veterinary Surgeon for Newcastle City and was responsible for clearing the area of Cattle Plague. He was elected one of the first fellows of RCVS in 1877. He was involved in Armstrong College School of Agriculture. He died a bachelor in 1918 and bequeathed...

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Volume 10 Issue 1 & 2

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Fitzwygram’s Coach House Restored The coach house on the country estate formerly belonging to Sir Frederick Wygram, a leading veterinarian of his day, has been restored and an exhibition installed. Russell Cleaver Coleman’s Lecture on Diseases of the Chest Edward Colemn was professor of the London Veterinary College for 45 years. He was a young surgeon with no veterinary experience when he was appointed. Willaim Moorcroft, a practising veterinary surgeon, was...

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