Agister (New Forest)
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agister-new-forest-190-7617930
title:
Agister (New Forest)
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In the New Forest, an agister (/ˈadʒɪstə/) is a local official whose role is to assist the verderers with their duty to manage the free-roaming animals that the New Forest commoners are allowed to release onto the forest. Several thousand semi-wild ponies run free, along with several thousand cattle and lesser numbers of donkeys, sheep and pigs. These are owned by the commoners who pay an annual grazing fee known as the ‘marking fee’. There are currently five New Forest agisters employed by the
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Employee of the New Forest verderers
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agister_(New_Forest)
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2023-05-17T21:36:44Z
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