Aylesbury, Aylesbury Ducks c.1955
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The name of Aylesbury is known to everyone through its distinctive heavy breed of duck, which was developed in the 18th century for the London meat market. The ducks were driven on foot (later transported in railway wagons) to Smithfield and other markets. They were bred in Aylesbury and the surrounding villages, including Walton and Haddenham, whose ponds were of great use, and at Weston Turville, which alone sent 25,000 ducklings a year to London in the 1890s. The true Aylesbury duck is virtually extinct - the last known flock was at Chesham in the 1980s.
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