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.

Hay Making with Steam

1928 Hundon

Cows

Wrights Mill

Robert Shearsmith 1930s

Top House Fleece

Fleece

Farming – Threshing

Hay Making

A Sheep

South Street Park as Farm Field

Mumby Mill