Hampshire Down

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Hampshire

Other names	Hampshire Down
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Traits
Weight	Male: 275 lb (120 kg) Female: 200 lb (91 kg)
Wool color	White
Horn status	Both sexes are polled (hornless)
Sheep Ovis aries

The Hampshire Down or Hampshire is a British breed of sheep. It originated in about 1829 from cross-breeding of Southdowns with the Old Hampshire breed, the Wiltshire Horn and the Berkshire Nott, all horned, white-faced sheep — these were native to the open, untilled, hilly stretch of land known as the Hampshire Downs. It is much used as a terminal sire.