Beverley Pastures

The common pastures that lie east and west of Beverley, an ancient market town in East Yorkshire, have a long and interesting history. Westwood, Hurn, Figham, and Swine Moor, they came into the possession of the town in the early middle ages, and are today governed by a group of Pasture Masters, chosen by Pasture Freemen and Freewomen in an archaic election held in the town’s medieval Guildhall. Beverley Pastures by Barbara English was published by the Beverley Civic Society in 2013, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Society.