The Gloucester is one of the oldest breeds and it originated in the Severn Vale and throughout Gloucestershire, England as early as the 13^th Century.
They were valued for their meat, milk (producing cheese) and as strong draught oxen. They were most popular around 1750 with the breed reaching from Devon to Essex and up to the Welsh coast but then the numbers decreased as disease, development of other breeds and arable farming increased.    more...

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