If you found this page useful please help us by clicking the '+1' button.
On the Farm
Life on Peakland hill farms is very varied, though the strongest links are with sheep farming. It reaches into all corners of everyday life, from the appearance of the landscape to annual events.
Our country calendar includes sheep sales, sheepdog trials and a public
sheep washing. Shepherds still herd the flocks on the hills and attend
meetings of Shepherds' Societies, as they have done for hundreds of years.
Not all the Cow Clubs have died out either. You may well ask why cows need
clubs and what goes off at a cow club meeting; well let us just say that the
guests are served a hearty meal.
Back on the farm, there is work to be done. Who do you think keeps all those
miles and miles of stone walls in repair? And what are those strange round
ponds in the fields? Well they certainly aren't paddling pools, but
"˜merely' an essential feature of farm life in this part of the country. And
who the deuce was Mr Dew?
Many thanks to Peakland Heritage for providing this information.
Our country calendar includes sheep sales, sheepdog trials and a public
sheep washing. Shepherds still herd the flocks on the hills and attend
meetings of Shepherds' Societies, as they have done for hundreds of years.
Not all the Cow Clubs have died out either. You may well ask why cows need
clubs and what goes off at a cow club meeting; well let us just say that the
guests are served a hearty meal.
Back on the farm, there is work to be done. Who do you think keeps all those
miles and miles of stone walls in repair? And what are those strange round
ponds in the fields? Well they certainly aren't paddling pools, but
"˜merely' an essential feature of farm life in this part of the country. And
who the deuce was Mr Dew?
Many thanks to Peakland Heritage for providing this information.
- Ashbourne
- Bakewell
- Belper
- Buxton
- Chatsworth
- Derby
- Matlock
- Sheffield
- Villages In The Peaks
- Abney
- Alstonefield
- Ashford In The Water
- Ashover
- Bamford
- Barlow
- Baslow
- Birchover
- Bradwell
- Brassington
- Bretton
- Butterton
- Calver
- Carsington
- Castleton
- Chelmorton
- Darley Dale
- Dovedale
- Earl Sterndale
- Edale
- Elton
- Eyam
- Flagg
- Flash
- Foolow
- Glossop
- Great Longstone
- Grindleford
- Hartington
- Hathersage
- Hope
- Matlock Bath
- Monyash
- Over Haddon
- Rowsley
- Sheldon
- Stoney Middleton
- Taddington
- Tideswell
- Tissington
- Wardlow
- Youlgreave
- Abney
Page last updated on Monday, 23 April 2012 12:34PM
