Landscape / Farming
‘The Landscape History of Hadstock Parish 1777-2020, Part 2: Field Systems, Fields and Ownership’, by Richard Dolby and Rick Albrow
This is Part 2 of a series of illustrations and notes which looks at the landscape history of Hadstock Parish over the last 250 years. It examines the major changes in field systems, fields and ownership caused by the Hadstock Inclosure Act of 1801, the arrival of the railway in 1865 and the USAAF airfield in 1942. It concludes with the 2020 field landscape and field ownership.
Aerial views of USAAF Station 165, 1944-1946
These images are courtesy of the American Air Museum in Britain, part of the Imperial War Museums, (www.americanairmuseum.com)
Parish Boundary Walk, May 2021
On Rogation Sunday, May 23rd 2021, and organised and led by Gill Butterworth, a group of Hadstock residents ‘beat the bounds’ and walked 7.5 miles round the Parish boundary as part of the 1020-2020 Millennium celebrations. Starting on Linton Road near the zoo, the group walked anticlockwise, had a lunch break in Nunn Wood, and finished in the Grip at Linton.
Memories of veterinary life in Hadstock by Crocky
Crocky worked with Dr Jock Dawson at the White House and recalls her work with dairy cows and other related happenings.
‘Landscape History of Hadstock Parish, 1777-2020, Part 1: Boundaries, Roads, Woods, and Paths’ by Richard Dolby
Explore the changes in Parish landscape over the last 250 years. This is Part 1 of a series of illustrations and accompanying notes about Hadstock landscape history, and highlights the impact of the railways arriving in 1865 and the siting of the WW2 USAAF airfield in 1942.
Marcus Barker, 1866-1944
Lived at Penn farm
Farmworkers near Back Hill, 1920s
Crawley’s Christmas geese, 1950s
Denis and his ferret in Home paddock
Hill Farm 1918 – built around 1480
Penn Farm sheep, 1996
John Crawleys last harvest, 1996
Jock Dawson with Sam, 1960s
John Crawley feeding a bullock, late 1940s
Muck spreading with horse Sam, 1960s
John Crawley’s first combine harvester, 1950s
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Denis shoeing Domino, 1960s
Penn Farm, with Jim and May Barker, 1920s
Hadstock windmill, c1926
Marcus Barker with the harvest, 1900s
