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Adrian, You are quite correct that they are part of equipment to stop rats eating grain - they are the supports for a metal rick staddle. A good reference is from Heather Holmes at https://blog.scottishagriculturalimplementmakers.co.uk/patent-corn-rick-stands-all-wrought-iron-framing-with-heavy-cast...

The problem is that the article in the Illustrated London News does not give the name of the breed, only a description - they are described as diminutive, standing barely 40” high, dun colour, resembling the Alderney/Jersey breed but around half their size. They were delivered to Prince Albert’s mod...

No, Bamford and Bamlett were both manufacturers of cutter bar mowers and other equipment. We used both in the 1960s to cut grass for hay - at one time, we had two of each - you needed two so that if one broke down, you could borrow bits off the other to keep it going whilst someone went to the deale...

Hello, Assuming that you are referring to burn-baking or denshiring, then the book 'Wiltshire Farming in the Seventeenth century' by Joseph Bettey may be useful. In parts of his book, he strays into the 1720s - for instance, an enclosure agreement for Nunton dated 1720 refers to "burn beak" (an alte...

Hi David,

Well .. MERL have a Somerset waggon with the body painted blue - see https://merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/onli ... _bow_wagon

They might be able to help you.

Weald and Downland also have a small collection of wagons.

Hope this helps, Alan

Dodded, also dotted, dotterd.

Reference to old trees

Source: Redmonds, George, A vocabulary of wood, woodworkers and wood management in Yorkshire
(Donington: Shaun Tyas, 2017]

Which part of the country does this come from?

I would suggest that your best source for this is:

Heather Holmes (ed), Scottish Agricultural Implement and Machine Makers 1843 to 1914: a Directory (Edinburgh: Scottish Record Society and TannerRitchie (Electronic Series Volume 2), 2020)

Similarly, Weald and Downland Museum may have material for Southern counties and Avoncroft Museum for the Midlands.

Hi Katharine,

A good starting point would be the General View of the Agriculture of Surrey produced in 1794 - available to signed-up members on the BAHS Libral system