Farming Collection

Roseberry Topping from Morton Carr N100025
ROSEBERRY TOPPING, North Yorkshire / Cleveland. View across Morton Carr towards Roseberry Topping on the horizon with hay bales and tree on a frosty, misty winter morning. Sunrise

Fairfield Church, Romney Marsh N060981
FAIRFIELD CHURCH, Romney Marsh, Kent. View of the footbridge looking across the meadow towards Fairfield Church at sunset

Thornholme Priory J890422
THORNHOLME PRIORY, Humberside. Gatehouse and west precinct as it may have been in mid-14th century by Judith Dobie (English Heritage Graphics Team)

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

Iron Age farming N080555
OLD OSWESTRY HILL FORT, Shropshire. Reconstruction drawing by Ivan Lapper showing Iron Age arable cultivation

Harvest AA97_05926
Harvesting with a mechanical harvester near Hellidon, Northamptonshire. Alfred Newton and Son July 1902

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

Rural landscape J910032
Reconstruction drawing of imaginary rural landscape, 2000 BC by Judith Dobie, English Heritage Graphics Team. Farming

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

Tomkins - Audley End J020021
AUDLEY END HOUSE, Saffron Walden, Essex. " Audley End and the Ring Hill Temple" c1788 by William TOMKINS (1730-92)

Clun Castle K060184
CLUN CASTLE, near Ludlow, Shropshire. General view of the castle showing its picturesque surroundings and extensive earthworks

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

Hadrians Wall, Cawfields, Milecastle 42 K960046
HADRIANs WALL: CAWFIELDS, Northumberland. Milecastle 42. General view

North Yorkshire landscape N100504
KETTLEWELL, North Yorkshire. Panoramic view of field barns in the landscape

Disc harrowing, Lincolnshire a98_09683
Disc harrowing near Honington, Lincolnshire

South Downs waymarker N071744
SOUTH DOWNS, East Sussex. Waymarker along downland path

Ploughing a076208
A field in Hertfordshire, being ploughed by a man on a tractor. Photographed by John Gay. Date range: 1950-1959

Medieval farming N070208
WHARRAM PERCY MEDIEVAL VILLAGE, North Yorkshire. Reconstruction drawing by Peter Dunn (English Heritage Graphics Team) showing villagers shearing sheep and planting and harvesting crops

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

Rural landscape J910033
Reconstruction drawing of imaginary rural landscape, AD 200 Romano-British by Judith Dobie, English Heritage Graphics Team. Farming

Iron Age farming J950067
SILCHESTER ROMAN CITY WALLS, Hampshire. Reconstruction drawing by Ivan Lapper

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

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

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

Ovaltine Egg Farm EPW037951
Aerial view of the Ovaltine Egg Farm, Kings Langley / Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire. Photographed by Aerofilms, May 1932

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

Farm wagons, Norfolk a98_15161
Freethorpe, 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

Grimspound J940464
GRIMSPOUND, Dartmoor, Devon. Reconstruction drawing by Ivan Lapper showing village life. The best known of many Dartmoor prehistoric settlements, Grimspound dates from the late Bronze Age

Milk churns DP068967
Milk churns

Hop poles a079959
Hop poles, stacked in tent shapes, arranged in lines. Taken in Kent. Photographed by John Gay during the 1950s

Haywheels J070054
KENT COUNTRYSIDE, View of hay bails / haywheels in a field near Farningham

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

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

Iron Age Roundhouse N070430
CARN EUNY ANCIENT VILLAGE, Cornwall. Reconstruction drawing showing farmers and a herd of goats outside a roundhouse by Judith Dobie, English Heritage Graphics Team

St Catherines Chapel K040043
ST CATHERINEs CHAPEL, Abbotsbury, Dorset. Exterior view with sheep in the foreground

The Ridgeway K930754
THE RIDGEWAY, Wiltshire. The Downs south of Avebury. Rural landscape with tractor in field and copse of trees on the horizon

West Kennet Long Barrow from the air K040320
WEST KENNET LONG BARROW, Avebury, Wiltshire. Aerial view of the site looking West. Part of the Avebury World Heritage Site

Towton Battlefield K940712
TOWTON BATTLEFIELD, North Yorkshire. Site of battle of 1461. Stone cross and wheat field. Cereal grain

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

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

Sussex Barn ZEH01_01_30
Stereoscopic view showing a timber barn on brick stilts, somewhere in East or West Sussex

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

Strawberry 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

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

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

Plough horses MCF01_02_1362
Courthill Farm, Nore Wood Lane, Slindon, Arun, West Sussex

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Country Pavilion OP35894
Festival of Britain, South Bank Exhibition, South Bank, Lambeth, Greater London

Mending a tractor JLP01_08_055062
A view of two Laing workers carrying out maintenance work on the rear right wheel of a Fordson Major Diesel Tractor

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

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

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

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

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

Inquisitive sheep DP195808
Inquisitive sheep, Herefordshire

Medieval barn N090118
WHARRAM PERCY MEDIEVAL VILLAGE, North Yorkshire. Reconstuction drawing by Peter Dunn (English Heritage Graphics Team) showing the interior of the Medieval Vicarage Barn

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

Elephant grass in snow N100016
Snowfall covers a biocrop in Somerset. Elephant grass is used for biofuel and thatching

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

Farm Wagon a98_11487
Keswick, 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

Potato riddling, Norfolk a98_09647
Marshland St James, Norfolk. After harvest, potatoes were stored in clamps in the fields

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

Harvesting flax, Norfolk a98_09093
Fields near Paston, Norfolk. Harvesting flax in July 1946

Flock of sheep a98_09813
HELMSLEY, Rydale. North Yorkshire.There are some areas of life which technology never seems to change

Wingfield Manor K940856
WINGFIELD MANOR, South Wingfield, Derbyshire. Exterior view of the medieval manor house built c1429-56 and was where Mary, Queen of Scots was imprisioned

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

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

Rural landscape J910035
Reconstruction drawing of present day imaginary rural landscape by Judith Dobie, English Heritage Graphics Team. Farming

Congleton Viaduct a98_05397
CONGLETON VIADUCT, Cheshire. General view of the Congleton Viaduct across agricultural land. There is a train crossing. Photographed by Eric de Mare (active 1945-80)

Harvest, Norfolk a98_14729
Ranworth, 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

Stonehenge landscape c. 2500BC H870003
STONEHENGE, Wiltshire. Livestock farming and Blue Stones in the distance shortly after 2500 BC. Reconstruction drawing by Ivan LAPPER

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

Byland Abbey N071409
BYLAND ABBEY, North Yorkshire. Abbey viewed from the north east, with cows in the foreground

Barley at dusk N071213
NORFOLK COUNTRYSIDE. View of a barleyfield, at dusk, near Ludham. Cereal grain

Hadrians Wall: Housesteads Fort N071084
HADRIANs WALL: HOUSESTEADS FORT, Northumberland. Sheep climb on wall to get a high vantage point. hadrian

Ploughed field a079453
A view along the furrows of a neatly ploughed field near Bridgnorth, Shropshire, with a lone tree in the centre of the field and rolling hills in the distance. Photographed by John Gay in 1953

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