General View of Agriculture in Oxon carried out in 1807 published 1813. A general view of agriculture in Oxfordshire carried out in 1807 and published in 1813.

Rates, thrashing mills and tillage. Drilling, wheat, beans and tares. Cattle and Labour.

2014 Bampton Hedgelaying Competition

Views of Backhouse Farm from No.3 Saint Mary's Trailer Court

Backhouse Farm, Weald Street 1990 or 91

Fire, geese, straw

Backhouse Farm & St Mary's Trailer Court 1989

Eric Hilditch

Barn & Grain drier, Backhouse farm 1989

Sales brochure for University Farm, Lew June 25th 1959

Harry Pocock with his thrashing machine and tractor in 1958 driving out of Church Street into Broad Street. Edwin, Ruth and Joe Buckingham are on the tractor with him.

An invoice from Harry Pocock & Son, Agricultural and Thrashing Contractor to Alex Townsend of Ashtree Farm (in Weald Street) for threshing and baling @ £47 5s (£47.25p) but with a contra account of 2ctw of tater (potatoes), 2 men combing and 5 gallons of paraffin £8.11s.6d (£8.55½p) giving a bill of £38.13s.6d (£38.65½p) sent April 1959.

An invoice from Harry Pocock & Son, Agricultural and Thrashing Contractor to Alex Townsend of Ashtree Farm (Weald Street) for threshing and baling sent December 1959.

Seen in the spring of 1963, talking with Marjorie Pollard in Cheapside, when we had huge drifts of snow.

Colin Rouse experiments with old-style thrashing at Hobbs buildings with a Ransomes thresher, 1985

Castle View Farmhouse, c1880

Castle View farm and house c1971