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Brill Windmill a081475BRILL WINDMILL, Windmill Street, Brill, Buckinghamshire. Brill Windmill overlooking a farmstead and Aylesbury Vale landscape
Rural landscape J910032Reconstruction drawing of imaginary rural landscape, 2000 BC by Judith Dobie, English Heritage Graphics Team. Farming
Ploughing OP04506A newly ploughed field near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. The farmer on his tractor is sillouhetted on the horizon. Photographed by John Gay during 1950s 1960s
Harvest AA97_05926Harvesting with a mechanical harvester near Hellidon, Northamptonshire. Alfred Newton and Son July 1902
Disc harrowing, Lincolnshire a98_09683Disc harrowing near Honington, Lincolnshire
Farrier, Woodbastwick, Norfolk a98_13563Woodbastwick, Norfolk. Interior of blacksmiths shop. A farrier shoeing a horse. A working horse would need re-shoeing about every five weeks
Rural landscape J910033Reconstruction drawing of imaginary rural landscape, AD 200 Romano-British by Judith Dobie, English Heritage Graphics Team. Farming
Dovecote interior DP217184Dovecote at Old Hall, Horse Shoe Lane, Barholm, Lincolnshire. Interior view from west
Iron Age farming N080555OLD OSWESTRY HILL FORT, Shropshire. Reconstruction drawing by Ivan Lapper showing Iron Age arable cultivation
Iron Age farming J950067SILCHESTER ROMAN CITY WALLS, Hampshire. Reconstruction drawing by Ivan Lapper
Iron Age Roundhouse N070430CARN EUNY ANCIENT VILLAGE, Cornwall. Reconstruction drawing showing farmers and a herd of goats outside a roundhouse by Judith Dobie, English Heritage Graphics Team
Woad production, Algarkirk, Lincolnshire NMR02_01_00009Algarkirk, Lincolnshire. A group of man and women cropping woad and collecting it in large wicker baskets. The earliest woad production in Britain dates from the Iron Age
Harvesting at Trenance BB98_06122Mr Richard Harvey and workers harvesting at Trenance, Mullion, Cornwall, 1900-'1. Alfred Newton & Son. Silver gelatin glass plate negative
Ibbetson - Three long-horned cattle J990019KENWOOD 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
Ploughing, Buckinghamshire BB98_10630A view showing a horse and plough team at work possibly in Ilmer, Whiteleaf or Monks Risborough, Buckinghamshire. Photographed by Alfred Newton and Son. Date range: 1896-1920
Faringdon Cattle Market CC97_02236MARKET 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
Reed cutting, Norfolk a98_07734Horning Ferry, Norfolk. Cutting reeds with a scythe on Woodbastwick Marshes. Photographed by Hallam Ashley in February 1949
Reed cutting, Norfolk a98_07731Horning Ferry, Norfolk. Reed cutter bundling reeds on Woodbastwick Marshes. Photographed by Hallam Ashley in February 1949
Tulip picking, Lincolnshire a98_09310Fulney, Spalding, Lincolnshire. The tulip was introduced into Europe in the 16th century from Turkey and takes its name from the French word for turban. It became an important cash crop
Farm wagons, Norfolk a98_15161Freethorpe, Norfolk. These two traditional horse-drawn farm wagons would still have been in regular use when this photograph was taken. Behind, a portable elevator was used to build the haystacks
Hop poles a079959Hop poles, stacked in tent shapes, arranged in lines. Taken in Kent. Photographed by John Gay during the 1950s
Medieval farming N070208WHARRAM PERCY MEDIEVAL VILLAGE, North Yorkshire. Reconstruction drawing by Peter Dunn (English Heritage Graphics Team) showing villagers shearing sheep and planting and harvesting crops
Ploughing J910040Reconstruction drawing of present day view of tractor ploughing field by Judith Dobie, English Heritage Graphics Team. Farming
Ploughing J910039Reconstruction drawing of ploughing in Victorian times by Judith Dobie, English Heritage Graphics Team. Farming
Ploughing J910038Reconstruction drawing of family ploughing during the Iron Age by Judith Dobie, English Heritage Graphics Team. Farming
Foxash Estate EAW171546Foxash Estate, Ardleigh, Essex. One of a series of Land Settlement Association schemes of co-operative smallholdings set up in the 1930s
Market garden 24032_13Market garden near Sandy, Bedfordshire. Glasshouses near Sandy, some of which are derelict. Photographed in Auguest 2005
Watermeadows 24208_018Lower Farm, Britford, Wiltshire
Harvest time, Lower Cadsden, Buckinghamshire a97_05316LOWER CADSDEN, Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire. View of people in a field, including farm workers taking a break from harvesting, with a smart lady and gentleman
Beekeeping, 1908 BB98_06002BEEKEEPER AT STOW LODGE, Wyck Hill, Wick Rissington, Gloucestershire. People have kept - or at least exploited - bees for centuries, possibly since the first century BC
Drainage Mill, Ludham, Norfolk W610DRAINAGE MILL, Ludham, Norfolk. Areas of wetland and marsh that are prone to flooding frequently use windmills to pump water and help agriculture
Farm Wagon a98_11487Keswick, Norfolk. A traditional farm waggon on display at the Royal Norfolk Show. Usually pulled by two horses, it would still have been in regular use at the time of this photograph
Fields on fire, Norfolk a98_11587Postwick, Norfolk. Barley fields on fire. A spark from a steam locomotive could have started a trackside fire. Farm workers are attempting to save some of the crop
Royal Norfolk Show 1947 a98_11521Keswick, Norfolk. The horse and cart competition at the Royal Norfolk Show has drawn a good crowd. Photographed by Hallam Ashley in June 1947
Potato riddling, Norfolk a98_09647Marshland St James, Norfolk. After harvest, potatoes were stored in clamps in the fields
Harvest, Norfolk a98_14729Ranworth, Norfolk. The harvest is seen from the church tower. Despite mechanisation, it is still a labour-intensive task with at least 14 men visible. Photographed by Hallam Ashley September 1954
Saddlers, Suffolk a98_14619Halesworth, Suffolk. A typical saddlers shop displays horse collars and other horse equipment. Much of the rural saddlers trade came from the heavy work of the farms
Driven cattle, Norfolk a98_11670Norwich, 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
Steam engines, Norfolk a98_07546Great Massingham, Norfolk. A group of derelict steam engines. Photographed by Hallam Ashley
Windmill, Suffolk a98_07336Thornham Magna, Suffolk. The timber-clad post mill at Thornham Magna, with its sails, fantail and roundhouse, appears to be falling into ruin. Photographed by Hallam Ashley, November 1950
Harvesting flax, Norfolk a98_09093Fields near Paston, Norfolk. Harvesting flax in July 1946
Stonehenge landscape c. 2500BC H870003STONEHENGE, Wiltshire. Livestock farming and Blue Stones in the distance shortly after 2500 BC. Reconstruction drawing by Ivan LAPPER
Rural landscape J910035Reconstruction drawing of present day imaginary rural landscape by Judith Dobie, English Heritage Graphics Team. Farming
Rural landscape J910034Reconstruction drawing of imaginary rural landscape, c1600 Tudor by Judith Dobie, English Heritage Graphics Team. Farming
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