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Owl´er n. 1. One who owls; esp., one who conveys contraband goods. OWLING* is a term that meant smuggling of wool, or sheep out of England. The practice was illegal in England from 1367 until 1824. Participants were called “owlers“; their ships “owling boats.” Wool was a main source of tax revenue for the country and so highly guarded in it’s export. ====== Smuggling started way back in the 14th century. Early smugglers were known as Owlers as they only worked at night using the hoot of the owl as a signal. Their task was not so much smuggling in, as smuggling out. Their valuable cargo was wool, being given the name Canterbury wool. Churches and Smuggling-Many of the mediaeval churches on the Marsh were involved with smuggling. The churches at Brookland, Ivychurch, Snargate and the isolated Fairfield all made good places for the smugglers to hide their contraband goods before their distribution............ https://theromneymarsh.net/smuggling