Agriculture and Countryside Archives - Page 10 of 31 - South Holland Life Heritage and Crafts including Chain Bridge Forge

Sir Richard Winfrey

Sir Richard Winfrey (born on 5 August 1858 in Long Sutton, died 18 April 1944) was a British Liberal politician, newspaper publisher and campaigner for agricultural rights. He served as Member of Parl…

Henry Harold Welch Pearson

Henry Harold Welch Pearson (born 28 January 1870 in Long Sutton, died November 1916) was a British-born South African botanist, chiefly remembered for founding Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden i…

Buildings in Quadring

Stone Haven Residential Home on the Main Road: Quadring Vicarage in 1902: Toll Bar House at the bottom of Church End, Quadring. (This was demolished in 1939 and a cottage was left stand…

Donington May Fair & Marketplace

Donington Marketplace on Market Day: Donington May Fair: photos kindly donated by Myra Featherstone…

Flower Festival & bulbs in Quadring

Robinson’s flower pickers in Quadring fields (see church in upper right hand corner). Cecil Robinson’s bulb sheds in Quadring (1937): Below: Mr Cecil Robinson, 1887 - 1941: …

Quadring Blacksmith

Mr Betts and the smithy on Town Drove, Quadring. September 1893 (photo donated by Myra Featherstone)…

Roads in Quadring

Fen Road (Town Drove): Below: Fen Road (now Town Drove) looking towards the crossroads. The White Hart is on the left: Below: Quadring crossroads (shop on the right, the Red Cow / Curry …

Quadring Schools in the 1800s & 1900s

photos kindly donated by Myra Featherstone Town School, Main Road, Quadring in 1905 / 1906: Below: Miss Wilson (in 1889) and Maud Lucas, both headmistresses of Town School in Quadring. …

Quadring Pubs

The Red Cow pub (now the Curry Inn) in 1901, looking up Town Drove from Watergate: Below: Quadring shop and the Black Bull pub (now demolished) in 1900 Below: The White Hart, Town Drove,…

Lincolnshire Bulb Fields 1930s

Listed as Lincolnshire Bulb Field Collection on the cards, so not only old, but rare. some comments from Facebook We have two the same as these 3 that have been posted and are postmarked 1933 an…

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