The Dishley Leicester or New Leicester was a British breed of sheep. It was bred in the late eighteenth century by Robert Bakewell at Dishley Grange in Leicestershire and was highly influential in the development of sheep-breeding in the United Kingdom, in France and elsewhere. It no longer exists as a distinct breed; the Bluefaced Leicester, the Border Leicester, the Leicester Longwool and the Wensleydale all derive directly from it.
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