As a rural town, farming has been very important for local families for many hundreds of years. After Dairy farming much of the land is given over to arable crops, chiefly barley, wheat, oil seed rape and potatoes.

Top House Fleece

1928 Hundon

A Sheep

Mumby Mill

South Street Park as Farm Field

Farming – Threshing

Fleece

Cows

Wrights Mill

Robert Shearsmith 1930s

Hay Making

Hay Making with Steam