Ploughing with horses, near Wolverhampton
Man and two horses ploughing a field at an unknown location to the west of Wolverhampton.
Photographer: Albert Henry Yelland.
Primrose Hill Farm, Hanford
The farmhouse stood on Primrose Hill in Hanford. The farmhouse and buildings have been demolished.
Pulling up tree stumps, Hamstall Ridware
Two International tractors, both with caterpiller tracks, pulling out tree stumps at Rough Park, Hamstall Ridware.
Photographer: Gerald McCann (1897-1970) of Uttoxeter.
Ransomes, Sims & Jeffries single furrow plough
A Single furrow horse plough with disc coulter manufactured by Ransomes Sims & Jeffries Ltd. Ploughs are used to prepare the soil for planting crops. They lift and loosen the soil ready for seeds to ...
Rickerscote Hall, Stafford
The hall dates mostly from around 1690, but contains parts of an older 16th century timber-framed building.
Roadmen, Yarlet
George James, far left, and a team of Staffordshire County Council road menders with horse and cart full of stone. George James was a tenant at 27 Yarlet, a Staffordshire County Council Farm smallholding ...
Scything nettles, Rodbaston Farm Institute, Penkridge
Women's Land Army recruits scything nettles at Rodbaston Farm Institute. On the right is their instructor, Mr J.W. Rowland.
Rodbaston College's origins lie in 1919 when the War Agricultural Committee ...
Sheep shearing demonstration, Teddesley Home Farm, Penkridge
Sheep shearing taking place at a demonstration of sheep husbandry at Teddesley Home Farm, near Penkridge. The shearer is Gordon Blakemore. From a leaflet produced for the event.
Smithfield Saturday Market, Uttoxeter
A snowy scene at the Smithfield Saturday Market, Uttoxeter. Mr T.B. Bettson of Woodcock Heath, Kingstone is driving a Fordson tractor pulling a livestock trailer into the market.
The livestock market ...
St. Leonard's Ipstones. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape and church exterior taken at St. Leonard's Church, Church Lane, Ipstones, Nr. Leek, Staffordshire.
Stafford Ploughing Match, the Toft, Dunston
First prize winning entry in the one-way plough class at Stafford Ploughing Match, held at The Toft, Dunston, which was farmed at the time by Mr B.C. Griffin. The team also won second prize for turn-out.
The ...
Staffordshire County Show, Hopton
These photographs taken by Ian Tavernor, who was attending the show working for the agricultural supplies company Stubbs Meeson & Co give a good sense of the scale of the show in the early 1960's.
Since ...
Staffordshire County Show, Uttoxeter
Fryers trade stand of tractors at the County Show, 1956. Staffordshire Agricultural Society's annual County Show was originally held at various sites around the county. The first show at Stone was in ...
Steam Hay Bailing, Lower Farm, Drointon
Hay bailing in the field at Lower Farm, Drointon, farmed by Mr A.H. Cooper. Hay is being fed into the hay bailer, powered by a steam engine (right). The bales are being ejected into the motor lorry, far ...
Steam Hay Baling, Lower Farm, Drointon
Hay bailing in the field at Lower Farm, Drointon, farmed by Mr A.H. Cooper. The hay waggon is being loaded by a Bamford Hayloader. The hay is then fed into the hay bailer, powered by a steam engine ...
Steam Traction Engine, Eccleshall Festival,
The first Eccleshall Festival was held in 1979. The festival takes place every two years.
Steam Traction Engine, Tixall,
Students at Rodbaston Farm Institute, Penkridge
Students with ploughs overhauled, painted and ready for work. Standing behind them and in front of a reaper binder is their instructor, Mr J.D.G. Harris, wearing a white overall.
Rodbaston College's ...