An animal pound is a place where stray livestock were impounded. Animals were kept in a dedicated enclosure, until claimed by their owners, or sold to cover the costs of impounding.
North Elmham village pound, Norfolk
The town pound of Glocester, Rhode Island, c. 1748
Capenhurst pinfold, Cheshire. A pinfold has existed on this site since the 10th century.
Circular village pound in Stanton Prior, Somerset. (Above the pound are hot-air balloons taking off from Bath (6 miles or 9.7 km to the north-east.)
Milton Malsor is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 761. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Northampton town centre, 45 miles (72 km) south-east of Birmingham, and 66 miles (106 km) north of central London; junction 15 of the M1 motorway is 2 miles (3.2 km) east by road. The area of the Milton Malsor civil parish is about 1,650 acres (670 ha), stretching from north of the M1 motorway between junctions 15 and 15A, south to the West Coast Main Line, east to the A508 and A45 roads, and west to the A43 road.
Village sign erected 30 July 2014
The Malsoures or Malesoures family arms: party azure and gules three crescents argent
War Memorial and Village Hall (behind) in snow on 29 January 2004
Flooding in 'The Dip' in 1998
