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.

Cows

Top House Fleece

1928 Hundon

Fleece

Mumby Mill

Robert Shearsmith 1930s

Wrights Mill

South Street Park as Farm Field

Hay Making with Steam

A Sheep

Farming – Threshing

Hay Making