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===Whitehouse Farm/White Hall Farm=== | ===Whitehouse Farm/White Hall Farm=== | ||
===Wilks Farm=== | ===Wilks Farm=== | ||
The farm stood at the junction of Church and Barkers Lanes with Church Farm on the opposite side of the junction. The farmhouse, outbuildings and cottages were demolished, the site now being occupied by modern dwellings. | |||
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Image:OS1929WilksFarm.jpg|1929 OS map of farm location. | |||
Image:014r0ae3004p.jpg|Wilks Farm viewed from across the fields prior to demolishion. | |||
Image:WilksFarmBarn.JPG|The barn and outbuildings – Alan Notley playing in the area 1930s | |||
Image:WilksFarmCottages.jpg|The semidetached cottages behind the Notley family group. | |||
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===Wood Farm/Seppings Farm=== | ===Wood Farm/Seppings Farm=== | ||
[[Category:Agriculture]] | [[Category:Agriculture]] | ||
Revision as of 21:32, 6 April 2016
Farms of Sprowston
A number of farms in Sprowston have been known by alternative names and this is reflected below.
Boar Farm/Home Farm
Breck Farm
Church Farm/Lincolns Farm
Denmark Farm
Dixons Farm/Stonehouse Farm
Greenborough Farm
Hall Farm
Home Farm/Boar Farm
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Barn now demolished -
Farmer Yellop outside his farmhouse door. -
Farmer Yellop and his wife 1890s
Lincolns Farm/Church Farm
Oak Lodge Farm
Seppings Farm/Wood Farm
Stonehouse Farm/Dixons Farm
White Hall Farm/ Whitehouse Farm
Whitehouse Farm/White Hall Farm
Wilks Farm
The farm stood at the junction of Church and Barkers Lanes with Church Farm on the opposite side of the junction. The farmhouse, outbuildings and cottages were demolished, the site now being occupied by modern dwellings.
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1929 OS map of farm location. -
Wilks Farm viewed from across the fields prior to demolishion. -
The barn and outbuildings – Alan Notley playing in the area 1930s -
The semidetached cottages behind the Notley family group.
