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Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Cotswold Farm Park 27544_052

Cotswold Farm Park 27544_052
Cotswold Farm Park, Guiting Power, Gloucestershire. Visitor attraction and working farm featured on BBC Countryfile. Photographed in 2012

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Harvesting 27596_025

Harvesting 27596_025
Glinton, Peterborough. Harvesting in progress

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Harvesting 27596_020

Harvesting 27596_020
Glinton, Peterborough. Harvesting in progress

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Muchelney flooding 27898_021

Muchelney flooding 27898_021
Muchelney Abbey, Somerset Levels. Aerial view of flooding in January 2014. ST4223/4

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Sheep 24601_015

Sheep 24601_015
Taddington, Stanway, Glocuestershire. Aerial view. Pattern of sheep

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Oast houses a079669

Oast houses a079669
Close-up of three oast houses, viewed from under a roof or awning. Taken in Kent. Photographed by John Gay. Date range: 1955-1959

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Gamekeeper a067099

Gamekeeper a067099
A rural landscape near Basingstoke, Hampshire. A gamekeeper and his dogs walk away from the camera with the skyline of Basingstoke just visible on the horizon. Date range 1960-1980. John Gay

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Llama DP077226

Llama DP077226
Llama

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Friesian cow a067430

Friesian cow a067430
A friesian cow tethered to a mobile parking meter in a farmyard. Photograph by John Gay; date range 1964-1974

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Highland calf a094021

Highland calf a094021
View of a young Highland cow, tethered and facing the camera at the Royal Show, Oxford. Photographed by John Gay, July 1959

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Chysauster Ancient Village J890149

Chysauster Ancient Village J890149
CHYSAUSTER ANCIENT VILLAGE, Cornwall. Reconstruction drawing of a homestead / courtyard house showing occupants and their animals, by Judith Dobie (English Heritage Graphics Team)

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Pig a067251

Pig a067251
Detail of a pigs snout visible through a ventilation opening on the side of an animal transporter, probably on the Holkham Estate, Norfolk. John Gay. Date range: 1978 - 1981

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Chicken a067526

Chicken a067526
Close up view of a hens head. Photograph by John Gay; date range 1964-1974

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Kenilworth Castle J900445

Kenilworth Castle J900445
KENILWORTH CASTLE, Warwickshire. A view from the south with cattle / cows grazing in the foreground

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Watendlath, Borrowdale, Cumbria a080734

Watendlath, Borrowdale, Cumbria a080734
WATENDLATH, Borrowdale, Cumbria. A drove of sheep passing over Watendlath Packhorse Bridge, in the hamlet of Watendlath in Borrowdale, Cumbria

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Sheep a079979

Sheep a079979
Mob of sheep and an orchard in blossom. Headcorn, Kent. April 1964. Photographed by John Gay

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Ibbetson - Three long-horned cattle J990019

Ibbetson - Three long-horned cattle J990019
KENWOOD HOUSE, London: The Iveagh Bequest. Three Long-Horned Cattle at Kenwood, 1797 by Julius Caesar Ibbetson. Oil on canvas 26 x 32 in. (66 x 81.2 cm). 88029298

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Sheep a087032

Sheep a087032
A close-up of three sheep in a field, seen from ground-level, with the tall tower of an unidentified church in the background. Photographed by John Gay. Date range 1950 - 1960

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Faringdon Cattle Market CC97_02236

Faringdon Cattle Market CC97_02236
MARKET PLACE, Faringdon, Oxfordshire. The cattle market underway, with the Salutation Inn to one side and the churchyard to the other. Faringdon was granted a market in 1218

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Castlerigg Stone Circle N071052

Castlerigg Stone Circle N071052
CASTLERIGG STONE CIRCLE, Cumbria. Sheep climbing on the historic standing stones

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Cow and church a074302

Cow and church a074302
CHURCH AND COW, East Sussex. A cow looks towards the camera; in the background is a church and thatched cottages. Photographed in the Lewes district of East Sussex in 1959 by John Gay

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Cow and horse a079533

Cow and horse a079533
A view of a cow and a shire horse standing on the steep slope of a grassy hill, most likely located in Devon or Somerset. Photographed by John Gay, late 1950s - early 1960s

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Cows eye a091202

Cows eye a091202
Close-up of a Highland cows eye at the Royal Smithfield Show, Earls Court, December 1956. Photographed by John Gay

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Malton Livestock Market 28897_042

Malton Livestock Market 28897_042
Sheep auction at Malton Livestock Market, North Yorkshire, 2016. SE7871

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Herding piglets MCF01_02_1035

Herding piglets MCF01_02_1035
Chapel Street, Maugersbury, Cotswold, Gloucestershire. Three figures with a herd of pigs walking past a terrace of cottages on Chapel Street

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Village pond MCF01_02_0999

Village pond MCF01_02_0999
WORTH MATRAVERS, PURBECK, DORSET. Cattle drinking from the pond in Worth Matravers, with a view of Ivy Cottage and Pond View beyond

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Chicken and chicks MCF01_02_1534

Chicken and chicks MCF01_02_1534
Clayton's Farm, Speldhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. A chicken in a coop with its chicks outside the coop at Clayton's Farm

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Chicken and chicks MCF01_02_1533

Chicken and chicks MCF01_02_1533
Clayton's Farm, Speldhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. A chicken in a coop with its chicks outside the coop at Clayton's Farm

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Cottage Ornee MCF01_02_1515

Cottage Ornee MCF01_02_1515
GREAT HAMPDEN, GREAT AND LITTLE HAMPDEN, WYCOMBE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. A view of a thatched house in the cottage ornee style in a field at Great Hampden

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Anaerobic Digestion Plant 33444_043

Anaerobic Digestion Plant 33444_043
Piggery and Anaerobic Digestion Plant, West Sussex, 2018

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Piggery 33444_049

Piggery 33444_049
A piggery, West Sussex, 2018

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Cattle Market 28859_013

Cattle Market 28859_013
Cattle auction in progress at Barnard Castle Auction Mart, County Durham, 2016. NZ0416

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Inquisitive sheep DP195808

Inquisitive sheep DP195808
Inquisitive sheep, Herefordshire

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Cat snack a081620

Cat snack a081620
A cat eating off the ground at a farm in North Shropshire, in front of the snouts of three pigs with their heads under a gate. Photographed by John Gay, 1960s

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Flock of sheep a98_09813

Flock of sheep a98_09813
HELMSLEY, Rydale. North Yorkshire.There are some areas of life which technology never seems to change. This shepherd is moving his flock through the town as people still do

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Bratton Ball K020595

Bratton Ball K020595
BRATTON BALL, Exmoor, Somerset. Sheep grazing

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Pigs in snow a090125

Pigs in snow a090125
Pigs in a snowy field near Great Brickhill, Buckinghamshire. Photographed by John Gay, 1950s

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Brueghel - Road Scene with Travellers and Cattle N070595

Brueghel - Road Scene with Travellers and Cattle N070595
APSLEY HOUSE, London. " Road Scene with Travellers and Cattle" by Jan BRUEGHEL the Elder (1568-1621). WM 1639-1948. From Spanish Royal Collection

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Offas Dyke, Herefordshire N090410

Offas Dyke, Herefordshire N090410
OFFAs DYKE, Llanfair Hill, Herefordshire. General view, with sheep

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Driven cattle, Norfolk a98_11670

Driven cattle, Norfolk a98_11670
Norwich, Norfolk. Driving cattle to the railway station, Heigham Street. Traditionally cattle were driven to market; then they were taken by train; today they are taken door-to-door by lorry

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Water Tower

Water Tower
Picturesque view of rural Herefordshire with cows in foreground and disued tower beyond. IoE 153698

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Cattle grazing the verge MCF01_02_0628

Cattle grazing the verge MCF01_02_0628
Castle Ashby, South Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire. Cattle grazing beside a road in Castle Ashby

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Hatched chick a107277

Hatched chick a107277
A chick standing in an egg shell. Photographed by Johhn Gay

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Water meadows a083400

Water meadows a083400
West Harnham, Salisbury, Wiltshire. Cattle in flooded pastures by the river and water meadows at West Harnham. Looking east towards the spire of the Cathedral Church of St Mary in the distance

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Water meadows a083399

Water meadows a083399
West Harnham, Salisbury, Wiltshire. Cattle in flooded pastures by the river and water meadows at West Harnham. Looking east towards the spire of the Cathedral Church of St Mary in the distance

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Cow a092314

Cow a092314
A cow peers around the corner of a barns buttress (taken on the Isle of Wight). Photographed by John Gay in the 1960s

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Cow a092274

Cow a092274
A cow peers around the corner of a brick buttress at an unidentified farm on the Isle of Wight. Photographed by John Gay in the 1960s

Background imageFarming and rural economy Collection: Roos - Shepherd and Cattle N070654

Roos - Shepherd and Cattle N070654
APSLEY HOUSE, London. " Shepherd and Cattle" set in the Roman Campagna by Philipp Peter ROOS (1657-1706; aka Rosa da Tivoli). WM 1648-1948




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