Omniana/Volume 2/Anglesea Beef
194. Anglesea Beef.
Anglesea Beef was more famous formerly than Welsh mutton is at present. "The flesh (says Harrison) of such cattle as is bred there, whereof we have store yearly brought unto Cole fair in Essex, is most delicate by reason of their excellent pasture, and so much was it esteemed by the Romans in time past, that Columella did not only commend and prefer them before those of Liguria, but the Emperors themselves, being near hand also, caused their provision to be made for nete out of Anglesea to feed upon at their own tables, as the most excellent beef." Holinshed, Vol. 1. P. 64.