Held at: | Private collection |
Reference: | RS/TCF |
Source: | Original photographs and drawings |
Title: | Digital Archive: Turnastone Court Farm Photograph Collection Part 3 of 7 – Farm Livestock and Activities |
Place name: | Golden Valley |
Date: | c 1900 - 2004 |
Description:
These photographs of the farm livestock and activities form part 3 of a collection of photographs from a variety of sources which together illustrate the history of the buildings, fields, farming practices and occupants of Turnastone Court Farm from the end of the nineteenth century to recent times. Animal breeds and husbandry practices traditional to Ewyas Lacy and the Golden Valley were maintained at this farm until recent times.
Burying seven Hereford cattle struck by lightning at Turnastone on Sunday afternoon, June 30th 1907.
Farmhands digging the burial hole for the cattle killed by lightning, watched by a local audience; June 1907
Hereford cattle killed by lightning awaiting burial, watched by a local audience; June 1907
Clunforest sheep at Turnastone Court Farm 1962
Clunforest sheep at Turnastone Court Farm 1962
Cow suckling lambs in the farmyard at Turnastone; 1934
Hereford cattle and sheepdog at Turnastone
Hereford cow and calf at Turnastone
Hereford Bull in a field at Turnastone Court Farm
Hereford Bull grazing at Turnastone
Hereford bull in the yard at Turnastone Court Farm 1972
Hereford cattle grazing at Turnastone; 1963
Hereford cattle in the yard at Turnastone Court Farm
Hereford bull with the herd in a field at Turnastone; 1960
Hereford cattle at Turnastone Court Farm; 1972
Hereford cattle at Turnastone Court Farm
Hereford cattle in the yard at Turnastone Court Farm
Hereford cattle in the yard at Turnastone Court Farm
Ploughing match at Turnastone [?1950s] Looking NW over the tents in Long Meadow to the ploughing in the ‘Eighteen Acres’. The trees to the right follow the line of the Trench Royal
Ploughing match in the ‘Eighteen Acres’ at Turnastone [?1950s]
Horse-drawn ploughs in the Four Acre field NW of the church at Turnastone [?1950s]
Haymaking at Turnastone Court Farm; 1938
Haymaking at Turnastone Court Farm; 1938
Haymaking at Turnastone Court Farm; 1938
Turnastone church, just to the west of the farmhouse.
Classic cars at Turnastone Court Farm
Shop and petrol pump at Turnastone, just to the west of the farm
Vowchurch railway station, just to the east of Turnastone Court Farm [More photographs]
National Hedgelaying Championship at Turnastone Court Farm, 2009. [More photographs]
Randolph Trafford refuelling his Gipsy Moth aircraft at Turnastone Court Farm in the 1930s [more photographs]
Countryside Restoration Trust Open Day at Turnastone Court Farm; May 2004
Hurdle making at Turnastone Court Farm open day, May 2004
The Barns at Turnastone Court Farm open day, May 2004
Turnastone Court Farm open day, May 2004
Special Breeds piglets at Turnastone Court Farm open day, May 2004
Sheep shearing at Turnastone Court Farm open day, May 2004
Sheep outside the barns at Turnastone Court Farm open day, May 2004
At work in the farmyard; 2004
Demonstrating a mink trap by the river Dore; 2004
Raft for monitoring mink tracks; 2004
Special breeds pigs in the woodland at Turnastone Court Farm, 2004
Special breeds pigs in the woodland at Turnastone Court Farm, 2004
Special breeds pigs in the woodland at Turnastone Court Farm, 2004
Special breeds pigs in the woodland at Turnastone Court Farm, 2004
Turnastone Court Farm, 2004
Turnastone Court Farm, 2004
Turnastone Court Farm, 2004
Turnastone Court Farm, 2004
Turnastone Court Farm, 2004
Turnastone Court Farm, 2004
Turnastone Court Farm, 2004
Turnastone Court Farm, 2004
Observations:
Ref: rs_gdv_0078