Worcestershire Record No. 17 November 2004 p. 7

FIRST RECORD OF HEDGEHOGS IN WORCESTERSHIRE?

Terry Knight

SOUTH LITTLETON CHURCH WARDEN ACCOUNTS 1685

To Munford for killing 8 urchins £0.2s.0d

I think this is what is says – Urchins I think are Hedgehogs. (In fact the word urchin referred to hedgehogs long before it was applied to anything else – according to OED! Ed)

(£0.2s.0d is about £10 in today’s money)

 
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