Author: COOPER, ASHLEY.
Title: Our Mother Earth. Of the Furrow Born. (Heart of our History, Volume Two).
Description: Bulmer Historical Society, 1998. 0952477823. 300 years of countryside history along the Suffolk-Essex border. The former brickyards, potteries and limekilns of the Sudbury-Halstead area, local hop-growing, cheese-making, 'straw-plaiting' together with wildflowers and herbal remedies, are discussed. Plus, the population decline of many parishes between 1870-1940, the immigration of Scottish farmers, resistance to paying 'Tithe' in the 1930s..water and windmills, locally invented agricultural implements, the diaries of a Long Melford farmer from 1888 and the recollections of old horsemen, shepherds, threshing contractors and farmworkers, are also described. Pp.336, 11 full colour artist's impressions of bygone rural life + many other colour photos and black & white illustrations by Benjamin Perkins. Paperback. VG.

Keywords: Cooper Our Mother Earth Furrow Born Countryside History Suffolk Essex Border Sudbury Bulmer Long Melford Gestingthorpe Brickyards Cheesemaking John Row Tithe War Farming Harvesting 52626 East Anglia


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