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Background imageAgriculture Collection: Ploughing OP04506

Ploughing OP04506
A newly ploughed field near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. The farmer on his tractor is sillouhetted on the horizon. Photographed by John Gay during 1950s 1960s

Background imageAgriculture Collection: Ploughing J910039

Ploughing J910039
Reconstruction drawing of ploughing in Victorian times by Judith Dobie, English Heritage Graphics Team. Farming

Background imageAgriculture Collection: Ploughing J910038

Ploughing J910038
Reconstruction drawing of family ploughing during the Iron Age by Judith Dobie, English Heritage Graphics Team. Farming

Background imageAgriculture Collection: Iron Age farming J950067

Iron Age farming J950067
SILCHESTER ROMAN CITY WALLS, Hampshire. Reconstruction drawing by Ivan Lapper. Recent research suggests that Iron Age Silchester was much more of an organised large town than the rural settlement

Background imageAgriculture Collection: Woad production, Algarkirk, Lincolnshire NMR02_01_00009

Woad production, Algarkirk, Lincolnshire NMR02_01_00009
Algarkirk, 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

Background imageAgriculture Collection: Harvest time, Lower Cadsden, Buckinghamshire a97_05316

Harvest time, Lower Cadsden, Buckinghamshire a97_05316
LOWER CADSDEN, Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire. View of people in a field, including farm workers taking a break from harvesting, with a smart lady and gentleman

Background imageAgriculture Collection: Harvesting at Trenance BB98_06122

Harvesting at Trenance BB98_06122
Mr Richard Harvey and workers harvesting at Trenance, Mullion, Cornwall, 1900-'1. Alfred Newton & Son. Silver gelatin glass plate negative

Background imageAgriculture Collection: Patcham Court Farm DIX02_01_060

Patcham Court Farm DIX02_01_060
Patcham Court Farm, Vale Avenue, Patcham, Brighton and Hove. The farmyard in the 1930s

Background imageAgriculture Collection: Combine graveyard 28685_054

Combine graveyard 28685_054
Scrapyard at Battle Bridge, Northumberland. This is the largest breakers of combine harvesters in the UK

Background imageAgriculture Collection: Ploughing DIX02_01_081

Ploughing DIX02_01_081
Horse-team ploughing under the shadow of the Dyke, 1930s. The dyke may be the Devils Dyke near Brighton, or Offas Dyke on the Welsh/English borders

Background imageAgriculture Collection: Root vegetable wagon MCF01_02_1352

Root vegetable wagon MCF01_02_1352
Slindon, Arun, West Sussex. Three horses pulling a wooden cart across a field in Slindon. The cart is owned by W Smart of Slindon and is laden with swedes or another type of root vegetable

Background imageAgriculture Collection: Mark Hole Cottage MCF01_02_1305

Mark Hole Cottage MCF01_02_1305
MARK HOLE COTTAGE, THE CLIFFS, CHEDDAR, SEDGEMOOR, SOMERSET. Looking across the mill pond near Cox's Mill towards Mark Hole Cottage and Lion Rock on the hillside above

Background imageAgriculture Collection: Staddle stone rick MCF01_02_1294

Staddle stone rick MCF01_02_1294
Draycott, Rodney Stoke, Mendip, Somerset. A thatched cottage and a thatched haystack on staddle stones in Draycott

Background imageAgriculture Collection: Strewberry field MCF01_02_1292

Strewberry field MCF01_02_1292
CHEDDAR, SEDGEMOOR, SOMERSET. Farm labourers with spades working in a strawberry field in Cheddar. There also appears to be an orchard on the hillside above the strawberry field

Background imageAgriculture Collection: Strip fields MCF01_02_0966

Strip fields MCF01_02_0966
WEST STREET, CORFE CASTLE, PURBECK, DORSET. A man with a pair of horses ploughing a field with Corfe Castle in the distance

Background imageAgriculture 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 imageAgriculture 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 imageAgriculture Collection: Thatched cart shed MCF01_02_1484

Thatched cart shed MCF01_02_1484
Little Kimble, Great and Little Kimble, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. A thatched cart shed and thatched haystacks

Background imageAgriculture Collection: Potato planting MCF01_02_1416

Potato planting MCF01_02_1416
Frensham, Waverley, Surrey. A man with two horses ploughing a field in Frensham prior to potato planting. The photograph also shows a man carrying a bucket

Background imageAgriculture Collection: Plough horses MCF01_02_1362

Plough horses MCF01_02_1362
Courthill Farm, Nore Wood Lane, Slindon, Arun, West Sussex. A view from a hillside by Courthill Farm, showing a man in the foreground with two horses hitched to a plough

Background imageAgriculture Collection: Root vegetable wagon MCF01_02_1353

Root vegetable wagon MCF01_02_1353
Slindon, Arun, West Sussex. Three horses pulling a wooden cart across a field in Slindon. The cart is owned by W Smart of Slindon and is laden with swedes or another type of root vegetable

Background imageAgriculture Collection: Wootton Rivers MCF01_02_0707

Wootton Rivers MCF01_02_0707
Wootton Rivers, Wiltshire. Two pairs of horses pulling ploughs along the main street through Wootton Rivers past a thatched granary

Background imageAgriculture Collection: Haystack MCF01_02_0711

Haystack MCF01_02_0711
Clench, Milton Lilbourne, Wiltshire. A man cutting in to a haystack with a ladder propped to one side

Background imageAgriculture 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 imageAgriculture Collection: Horse teams MCF01_02_0583

Horse teams MCF01_02_0583
WYCOMBE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. A farmer and two teams of horses in a ploughed field beside a wood. In the negative index, the photographer has recorded that the photograph was taken from Piddington to

Background imageAgriculture Collection: Country Pavilion HKR01_04_487

Country Pavilion HKR01_04_487
Festival of Britain, South Bank Exhibition, The Country Pavilion, Chicheley Street, South Bank, Lambeth, Greater London. Interior view of the Festivals The Country pavilion

Background imageAgriculture Collection: Country Pavilion HKR01_04_495

Country Pavilion HKR01_04_495
Festival of Britain, South Bank Exhibition, The Country Pavilion, Chicheley Street, South Bank, Lambeth, Greater London. Interior view of the Festivals The Country pavilion

Background imageAgriculture Collection: Market House MCF01_02_0512

Market House MCF01_02_0512
MARKET HOUSE, MARKET SQUARE, PRINCES RISBOROUGH, WYCOMBE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. A horse drawn cart laden with bales being lead past the Market House in Princes Risborough

Background imageAgriculture Collection: Horse ploughing MCF01_02_0374

Horse ploughing MCF01_02_0374
Easton, Freshwater, Isle of Wight. A man with a pair of horses rolling a field in Easton

Background imageAgriculture Collection: Horse ploughing MCF01_02_0373

Horse ploughing MCF01_02_0373
Easton, Freshwater, Isle of Wight. A man with a pair of horses harrowing a field in Easton

Background imageAgriculture Collection: Horse ploughing MCF01_02_0372

Horse ploughing MCF01_02_0372
Easton, Freshwater, Isle of Wight. Two men with two pairs of horses ploughing a field in Easton

Background imageAgriculture Collection: Cart shed MCF01_02_0189

Cart shed MCF01_02_0189
CHEDDAR, SEDGEMOOR, SOMERSET. A view of a small farm yard in Cheddar, showing a wooden cart parked outside an open-fronted cart shed with a thatched roof supported by tree trunks or branches

Background imageAgriculture Collection: Shearing shed MCF01_02_0536

Shearing shed MCF01_02_0536
Gate Cottage, Dovecote, Horsenden, Princes Risborough, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. A man shearing sheep in front of the dovecote at Gate Cottage, with newly shorn sheep in the foreground

Background imageAgriculture Collection: Farm Buildings BB48_00267

Farm Buildings BB48_00267
SOUTH PARK FARM, SMARTS HILL, PENSHURST, SEVENOAKS, KENT. A range of farm buildings seen from the east. The land is currently known as South Park Farm

Background imageAgriculture Collection: Piggery 33444_049

Piggery 33444_049
A piggery, West Sussex, 2018

Background imageAgriculture Collection: Country Pavilion OP35894

Country Pavilion OP35894
Festival of Britain, South Bank Exhibition, South Bank, Lambeth, Greater London. The interior of the Country Pavilion at the South Bank Exhibition of the Festival of Britain

Background imageAgriculture Collection: Confetti Flower Field 33319_051

Confetti Flower Field 33319_051
The Confetti Flower Field and Union Jack commemorative field to mark 20 years of business, Worcestershire, 2017

Background imageAgriculture Collection: Cotswold Farm Park 33279_043

Cotswold Farm Park 33279_043
Cotswold Farm Park, Gloucestershire, 2016. BBC Countryfile

Background imageAgriculture Collection: Canary Cottage DP247860

Canary Cottage DP247860
Knarr Farm, Canary Cottage, Thorney Toll, Thorney, City of Peterborough. General view of Canary Cottage from the south-west

Background imageAgriculture Collection: Hedgelaying DIX02_01_100

Hedgelaying DIX02_01_100
Harborough, Leicestershire. Hedgelaying near Kilworth, 1930s

Background imageAgriculture Collection: Eggborough Power Station JLP01_08_075183a

Eggborough Power Station JLP01_08_075183a
EGGBOROUGH POWER STATION, A19, EGGBOROUGH, SELBY, NORTH YORKSHIRE. A view of Eggborough Power Station from the south-west, showing a front-loader tractor working in the field in the foreground

Background imageAgriculture Collection: St Mary Littlehampton HSI01_01_002

St Mary Littlehampton HSI01_01_002
ST MARYS CHURCH, CHURCH STREET, LITTLEHAMPTON, ARUN, WEST SUSSEX. People at work using a steam powered threshing machine, with St Marys Church in the background, 1901-1902

Background imageAgriculture Collection: Hayricks DIX02_01_010

Hayricks DIX02_01_010
Ashridge Farm, Green End Road, Radnage, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Hayricks at Ashridge Farm. Photographed in the 1930s

Background imageAgriculture Collection: Hay Bales FF002978

Hay Bales FF002978
Ashendon, Buckinghamshire. Hay bales stacked in a field. Photographed by John Gay

Background imageAgriculture Collection: Ploughing, Buckinghamshire BB98_10630

Ploughing, Buckinghamshire BB98_10630
A 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

Background imageAgriculture Collection: Ploughing J910040

Ploughing J910040
Reconstruction drawing of present day view of tractor ploughing field by Judith Dobie, English Heritage Graphics Team. Farming

Background imageAgriculture Collection: Corn harvest, Haddenham, Buckinghamshire a97_05375

Corn harvest, Haddenham, Buckinghamshire a97_05375
General view of worker in field harvesting corn, Haddenham, Buckinghamshire. 1900. Alfred Newton and Sons

Background imageAgriculture Collection: Livestock FF002985

Livestock FF002985
Ashendon, Buckinghamshire. Cattle, sheep and horses grazing on a sloping field, with irises in the foreground and the flat Aylesbury Vale landscape beyond. Photographed by John Gay



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