Herd ? any ideas

[Maiden Stone]

A list of Victorian occupations compiled from 1891 England census says shepherd or looks after other animals.
Some of my English ag. lab. ancestors had the surname Hardman, a variant spelling was Herdman. Other ancestors from same region were called after lambs and cows and I also found a ewe.

[Tweetybird21]

Interesting, thank you!

[noxas]

Hi,The term does seem to refer to a stock man of some form , it seems it may refer to both some one who looks after livestock as a paid employee , but also as a person who looks after livestock as an independent  land owner and live stock owner.
Regards Diarmuid.