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Background imageAnimals Collection: Donkey ride a071928

Donkey ride a071928
Hampstead Heath, Greater London. Two small boys riding donkeys being led across the road in front of Whitestone Pond, with people strolling on the banks of the pond behind

Background imageAnimals Collection: Savernake flock DIX02_01_241

Savernake flock DIX02_01_241
Savernake Forest, Savernake, Wiltshire. A flock of sheep being driven through Savernake Forest

Background imageAnimals 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 imageAnimals Collection: Greyhound racing PLA01_01_043

Greyhound racing PLA01_01_043
Hall Green Greyhound Stadium, York Road, Hall Green, Birmingham. The illuminated scoreboard at Hall Green Greyhound Stadium, illuminated during a race night

Background imageAnimals 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 imageAnimals Collection: Miller and cat WAI01_04_015_64_07

Miller and cat WAI01_04_015_64_07
HENLEY MILL, HENLEY, BITTERLEY, SHROPSHIRE. A miller holding a cat outside Henley Mill, 1960s

Background imageAnimals Collection: Lower Richmond Road OFH01_01_01_f08_05

Lower Richmond Road OFH01_01_01_f08_05
Lower Richmond Road, Putney, Wandsworth, Greater London. The view looking east along Lower Richmond Road (then Windsor Street)

Background imageAnimals Collection: Vanderbilts coach OFH01_01_01_f04_12

Vanderbilts coach OFH01_01_01_f04_12
PUTNEY HIGH STREET, PUTNEY, WANDSWORTH, GREATER LONDON. Alfred Vanderbilt driving his coach Venture along Putney High Street

Background imageAnimals Collection: Flock of sheep MCF01_02_1277

Flock of sheep MCF01_02_1277
The Cliffs, Cheddar, Sedgemoor, Somerset. A shepherd with a flock of sheep on the road next to the mill pond near Cox's Mill, with a ladder propped up in the foreground

Background imageAnimals Collection: Stow Horse Market MCF01_02_1064

Stow Horse Market MCF01_02_1064
MARKET SQUARE, STOW-ON-THE-WOLD, COTSWOLD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE. A dappled horse and gypsy caravan attending the Stow Horse Fair, standing near the Market Cross in Market Square

Background imageAnimals Collection: Caravans arriving MCF01_02_1062

Caravans arriving MCF01_02_1062
STOW-ON-THE-WOLD, COTSWOLD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Two gypsy caravans arriving in town for the Stow Horse Fair

Background imageAnimals Collection: Caravans arriving MCF01_02_1063

Caravans arriving MCF01_02_1063
STOW-ON-THE-WOLD, COTSWOLD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE. A steam-powered vehicle pulling gypsy caravans to the Stow Horse Fair past a row of houses, with a young boy watching from the foreground

Background imageAnimals Collection: Unicorn Hotel MCF01_02_1060

Unicorn Hotel MCF01_02_1060
Unicorn Hotel, Sheep Street, Stow-on-the-Wold, Cotswold, Gloucestershire. A group of men and two horses at a gypsy horse sale held on the main road at the Stow Horse Fair

Background imageAnimals Collection: Stow Horse Fair MCF01_02_1058

Stow Horse Fair MCF01_02_1058
FOSSE WAY, STOW-ON-THE-WOLD, COTSWOLD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE. A group of men looking at horses in a gypsy horse sale held on the main road at the Stow Horse Fair

Background imageAnimals Collection: Stow Horse Fair MCF01_02_1055

Stow Horse Fair MCF01_02_1055
FOSSE WAY, STOW-ON-THE-WOLD, COTSWOLD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE. A group of men looking at horses in a gypsy horse sale held on the main road at the Stow Horse Fair

Background imageAnimals Collection: Stow Horse Fair MCF01_02_1057

Stow Horse Fair MCF01_02_1057
FOSSE WAY, STOW-ON-THE-WOLD, COTSWOLD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE. A white horse being shown in a gypsy horse sale held on the main road at the Stow Horse Fair

Background imageAnimals Collection: Stow Horse Fair MCF01_02_1054

Stow Horse Fair MCF01_02_1054
FOSSE WAY, STOW-ON-THE-WOLD, COTSWOLD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Two horses and their colts being led by two men along the main road at the Stow Horse Fair

Background imageAnimals Collection: Stow Horse Fair MCF01_02_1053

Stow Horse Fair MCF01_02_1053
STOW-ON-THE-WOLD, COTSWOLD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE. A crowd and an auctioneer in a white coat gathered on a road at the Stow Horse Fair

Background imageAnimals Collection: Stow Horse Fair MCF01_02_1052

Stow Horse Fair MCF01_02_1052
STOW-ON-THE-WOLD, COTSWOLD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Looking over a crowd of men towards an auctioneers rostrum at the Stow Horse Fair, with a dark horse at the centre of the crowd

Background imageAnimals Collection: Stow Horse Fair MCF01_02_1051

Stow Horse Fair MCF01_02_1051
STOW-ON-THE-WOLD, COTSWOLD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Looking over a crowd of men towards an auctioneers rostrum at the Stow Horse Fair, with a white horse at the centre of the crowd

Background imageAnimals Collection: Stow Horse Fair MCF01_02_1049

Stow Horse Fair MCF01_02_1049
STOW-ON-THE-WOLD, COTSWOLD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE. A group of men labelling auction entrants at the Stow Horse Fair. A fair in Stow has been in existence for over 500 years when a charter was granted in

Background imageAnimals Collection: Stow Horse Fair MCF01_02_1050

Stow Horse Fair MCF01_02_1050
STOW-ON-THE-WOLD, COTSWOLD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Looking over a crowd of men towards an auctioneers rostrum at the Stow Horse Fair, with a white horse at the centre of the crowd

Background imageAnimals Collection: Stow-on-the-Wold MCF01_02_1041

Stow-on-the-Wold MCF01_02_1041
MARKET SQUARE, STOW-ON-THE-WOLD, COTSWOLD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE. A view looking north-east across the Market Square, showing a man and boy walking horses towards the foreground

Background imageAnimals 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 imageAnimals 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 imageAnimals Collection: Pond MCF01_02_0896

Pond MCF01_02_0896
Luckhurst, Lower Road, Stone-cum-Ebony, Ashford, Kent. Sheep lying beside a pond at Luckhurst with two horse-drawn carts in the field beyond

Background imageAnimals Collection: Sheep MCF01_02_0892

Sheep MCF01_02_0892
Luckhurst, Lower Road, Stone-cum-Ebony, Ashford, Kent. Sheep at the edge of a pond with oasthouses beyond. The oasthouses were approximately 85 metres to the north-west of the farmhouse at Luckhurst

Background imageAnimals Collection: Village Green MCF01_02_1575

Village Green MCF01_02_1575
The Walks, Groombridge, Speldhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. A view looking north across the village green in Groombridge towards houses in the middle of The Walks, showing a pony grazing on the green

Background imageAnimals Collection: Village Green MCF01_02_1574

Village Green MCF01_02_1574
The Walks, Groombridge, Speldhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. A view looking north across the village green in Groombridge towards The Crown Inn and houses at the east end of The Walks

Background imageAnimals Collection: The Crown Inn MCF01_02_1566

The Crown Inn MCF01_02_1566
The Crown Inn, Groombridge, Speldhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. The front of The Crown Inn seen from the south-east, showing a man and dog outside the entrance to the pub

Background imageAnimals Collection: Donkey cart MCF01_02_1564

Donkey cart MCF01_02_1564
Bird In Hand Street, Groombridge, Speldhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Looking north-west along Bird in Hand Street with numbers 1 and 2 on the left

Background imageAnimals Collection: Horse, cart and shed MCF01_02_1554

Horse, cart and shed MCF01_02_1554
Groombridge, Speldhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. A man with a horse and cart in Groombridge. The man appears to be either leading the horse out of a cart shed or making it back in to the cart shed

Background imageAnimals 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 imageAnimals 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 imageAnimals Collection: Jack the terrier MCF01_02_1520

Jack the terrier MCF01_02_1520
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. A portrait of Jack (a terrier) sitting on a doorstep beside a boot scraper. It is not clear where this photograph was taken but it could have been at Brockwell Farm in Ellesborough

Background imageAnimals 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 imageAnimals 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 imageAnimals Collection: Coaching club meet MCF01_02_1392

Coaching club meet MCF01_02_1392
HYDE PARK, CITY OF WESTMINSTER, GREATER LONDON. Riders on horseback and spectators at a coaching club meet in Hyde Park

Background imageAnimals 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 imageAnimals Collection: Drinking at the ford MCF01_02_0764

Drinking at the ford MCF01_02_0764
MINSTER LOVELL, WEST OXFORDSHIRE, OXFORDSHIRE. Horses drinking at a ford on the River Windrush in Minster Lovell

Background imageAnimals Collection: Drinking at the ford MCF01_02_0760

Drinking at the ford MCF01_02_0760
BURFORD, WEST OXFORDSHIRE, OXFORDSHIRE. A woman watching her two horses drink water at the ford next to the bridge over the River Windrush in Burford

Background imageAnimals 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 imageAnimals Collection: Royal Oak Inn MCF01_02_0678

Royal Oak Inn MCF01_02_0678
Royal Oak Inn, Wootton Rivers, Wiltshire. A group of soldiers horses standing in the courtyard of the Royal Oak Inn

Background imageAnimals Collection: Royal Oak Inn MCF01_02_0679

Royal Oak Inn MCF01_02_0679
Royal Oak Inn, Wootton Rivers, Wiltshire. A group of soldiers mounted on horseback leaving the entrance to the courtyard of the Royal Oak Inn

Background imageAnimals Collection: Burton Bradstock MCF01_02_0667

Burton Bradstock MCF01_02_0667
BURTON BRADSTOCK, WEST DORSET, DORSET. A horse-drawn cart on a main road near Burton Bradstock. The horses in this photograph are wearing harnesses and strapping decorated with horse brasses

Background imageAnimals 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 imageAnimals 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 imageAnimals Collection: Green End Farm MCF01_02_0553

Green End Farm MCF01_02_0553
Green End Farm, Green End, Radnage, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. A view across a buttercup field towards Green End Farm, showing men leading two pairs of horses across the field

Background imageAnimals Collection: Crossing the ford MCF01_02_0506

Crossing the ford MCF01_02_0506
CHENIES, CHILTERN, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. A young woman driving a horse-drawn cart across a ford and two girls walking across a footbridge on the River Chess at Chenies

Background imageAnimals Collection: The Black Horse MCF01_02_0419

The Black Horse MCF01_02_0419
The Black Horse, Chorleywood Common, Chorleywood, Three Rivers, Hertfordshire. The Black Horse on Chorleywood Common seen from the south-east, with two calves in the foreground

Background imageAnimals Collection: Crossing the ford MCF01_02_0505

Crossing the ford MCF01_02_0505
CHENIES, CHILTERN, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. A view of a ford on the River Chess at Chenies, showing a uniformed man on a footbridge tending horses drinking from the ford

Background imageAnimals Collection: Rivers edge MCF01_02_0414

Rivers edge MCF01_02_0414
Chorleywood, Three Rivers, Hertfordshire. Looking across a river in Chorleywood towards cattle at the waters edge

Background imageAnimals Collection: Wood wagons MCF01_02_0391

Wood wagons MCF01_02_0391
Chorleywood Common, Chorleywood, Three Rivers, Hertfordshire. Two horse-drawn carts carrying wood crossing Chorleywood Common

Background imageAnimals 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 imageAnimals 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 imageAnimals Collection: Sheep droving MCF01_02_0186

Sheep droving MCF01_02_0186
MARKET CROSS, CHEDDAR, SEDGEMOOR, SOMERSET. Sheep being herded past the market cross in Cheddar with children watching

Background imageAnimals Collection: Coaching Club meeting MCF01_02_0137

Coaching Club meeting MCF01_02_0137
HYDE PARK, CITY OF WESTMINSTER, GREATER LONDON. A crowd at a coaching club meet in Hyde Park watching a horse drawn coach setting off

Background imageAnimals Collection: Coaching Club meeting MCF01_02_0136

Coaching Club meeting MCF01_02_0136
HYDE PARK, CITY OF WESTMINSTER, GREATER LONDON. A crowd at a coaching club meet in Hyde Park watching a horse drawn coach drive past

Background imageAnimals Collection: Coaching Club meeting MCF01_02_0135

Coaching Club meeting MCF01_02_0135
HYDE PARK, CITY OF WESTMINSTER, GREATER LONDON. Horse drawn coaches at a coaching club meet in Hyde Park, with a footman in the foreground standing at the head of two horses

Background imageAnimals Collection: Coaching Club meeting MCF01_02_0134

Coaching Club meeting MCF01_02_0134
HYDE PARK, CITY OF WESTMINSTER, GREATER LONDON. A horse drawn coach arriving at a coaching club meet in Hyde Park. From the early 1800s, during the London Season

Background imageAnimals Collection: Donkey riding MCF01_02_0115

Donkey riding MCF01_02_0115
Ypres Castle Inn, Gungarden, Rye, Rother, East Sussex. A view of the Ypres Castle Inn and steps from the south-east, showing three boys in the foreground with one of them riding a donkey

Background imageAnimals Collection: Winchelsea church MCF01_02_098

Winchelsea church MCF01_02_098
ST THOMAS CHURCH, WINCHELSEA, ICKLESHAM, ROTHER, EAST SUSSEX. The exterior of St Thomas Church seen from the north-west, with sheep in the graveyard

Background imageAnimals Collection: Donkey cart MCF01_02_0083

Donkey cart MCF01_02_0083
HOLLINGBOURNE STATION, HOLLINGBOURNE, MAIDSTONE, KENT. A donkey and cart standing at an unidentified railway station near Leeds in Kent, possibly Hollingbourne Station

Background imageAnimals Collection: Horse power MCF01_02_0015

Horse power MCF01_02_0015
Broomfield, Broomfield and Kingswood, Maidstone, Kent. Men loading timber, possibly hop poles, on to a cart pulled by three horses

Background imageAnimals Collection: Horse power MCF01_02_0014

Horse power MCF01_02_0014
Broomfield, Broomfield and Kingswood, Maidstone, Kent. A group of men with four horses pulling a wooden cart laden with timber, possibly hop poles

Background imageAnimals Collection: Ewes and lambs MCF01_02_0007

Ewes and lambs MCF01_02_0007
Broomfield, Broomfield and Kingswood, Maidstone, Kent. Ewes with their lambs on a hill near Broomfield

Background imageAnimals Collection: Sheep droving MCF01_02_0001

Sheep droving MCF01_02_0001
Broomfield, Broomfield and Kingswood, Maidstone, Kent. A shepherd and young boy driving a flock of sheep along a road from Broomfield towards Leeds in Kent

Background imageAnimals 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 imageAnimals Collection: Sunderland Greyhound Stadium PLA01_05_073

Sunderland Greyhound Stadium PLA01_05_073
SUNDERLAND GREYHOUND STADIUM, SUNDERLAND ROAD, BOLDON, SOUTH TYNESIDE. Dogs racing beneath floodlights on the racetrack at the Sunderland Greyhound Stadium, East Boldon

Background imageAnimals Collection: Greyhound racing PLA01_01_042

Greyhound racing PLA01_01_042
Hall Green Greyhound Stadium, York Road, Hall Green, Birmingham. Handlers with racing greyhounds on the track at Hall Green Greyhound Stadium

Background imageAnimals Collection: Taking horses to water BB026108

Taking horses to water BB026108
SHIPLAKE, SOUTH OXFORDSHIRE, OXFORDSHIRE. A boy taking three horses to drink in the Thames at Shiplake

Background imageAnimals Collection: Dray horses JLP01_08_086067g

Dray horses JLP01_08_086067g
WESTWAY FLYOVER, A40, KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA, GREATER LONDON. Watneys dray horses eating from nosebags during the celebration for the opening of the Westway Flyover

Background imageAnimals Collection: Donkey rides JLP01_08_081371

Donkey rides JLP01_08_081371
Laing Sports Ground, Rowley Lane, Elstree, Barnet, Greater London. A Gala Day at the Laing Sports Ground at Elstree, showing childrens pony rides in the foreground with stalls and crowds beyond

Background imageAnimals Collection: Police dog parade JLP01_08_095438

Police dog parade JLP01_08_095438
Laing Sports Ground, Rowley Lane, Elstree, Barnet, Greater London. Police dog handlers leading their dogs during a demonstration at the annual Gala Day held at the Laing Sports Ground at Elstree

Background imageAnimals Collection: Performing dogs JLP01_09_792076

Performing dogs JLP01_09_792076
Laing Sports Ground, Rowley Lane, Elstree, Barnet, Greater London. A crowd of people watching a woman with performing dogs on pedestals at the annual Laing Gala Day

Background imageAnimals Collection: Python JLP01_09_792072

Python JLP01_09_792072
Laing Sports Ground, Rowley Lane, Elstree, Barnet, Greater London. A smiling boy with a python wrapped around his shoulders at the annual Laing Gala Day

Background imageAnimals Collection: Bikes and horses JLP01_09_771214

Bikes and horses JLP01_09_771214
Laing Sports Ground, Rowley Lane, Elstree, Barnet, Greater London. A motorbike and horse riding display by the Mounted Division of the Royal Military Police

Background imageAnimals Collection: Bikes and horses JLP01_09_771213

Bikes and horses JLP01_09_771213
Laing Sports Ground, Rowley Lane, Elstree, Barnet, Greater London. A motorbike and horse riding display by the Mounted Division of the Royal Military Police

Background imageAnimals Collection: Cart ride JLP01_08_046458

Cart ride JLP01_08_046458
Gorleston-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. A man with two girls in a horse-drawn cart on the promenade at Gorleston-on-Sea, during a day trip to Great Yarmouth for Laing staff and families

Background imageAnimals Collection: Song bird DP175745

Song bird DP175745
St Cuthberts Island, Lindisfarne, Northumberland. A photographers stepladder in grass, with a songbird perched on top

Background imageAnimals Collection: Stopping at the Inn MOT01_01_50

Stopping at the Inn MOT01_01_50
Halse Lane, Winsford, West Somerset. A woman on a horse on Halse Lane watched by three people and a dog outside the Royal Oak Inn. The Royal Oak Inn was part of the Acland Estate until 1926

Background imageAnimals Collection: South Bank Lion JRU01_01_129

South Bank Lion JRU01_01_129
South Bank Lion, York Road, Lambeth, Greater London. The South Bank Lion on a plinth outside the York Road entrance of Waterloo Station, viewed from the west

Background imageAnimals 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 imageAnimals Collection: Epsom Races PLA01_03_1067

Epsom Races PLA01_03_1067
Epsom Racecourse, Prince's Stand, Epsom Downs, Epsom and Ewell, Surrey. Horses passing the Prince's Stand at Epsom Racecourse on Derby Day


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