Farming has been the main industry in Calstone since the first farmers arrived in England around 6,000 years ago. It is good that the traditional areas are still maintained; sheep, beef cattle, dairy cows and arable farming. With the increase in mechanisation the number of people employed has dropped significantly.
The articles below explore key areas of our farming past.
Calstone Wellington as part of the Bowood Estate
This article first appeared in the village book in 2000. The photo above shows Bowood House as it was in ...
Farewell to Derick Eadon
Derick Eadon died on 6th July 2023 – and it is testament to the respect and affection in which he ...
Farm labour rates in late 19th and early 20th centuries
Manor Farm’s ‘Labour Book’ (c.1908) records the following comparisons of pay rates: Table of wages given to the Board of ...
How to you calculate the volume of a haystack?
Here is the answer taken from Master R Maundrell’s exercise book in 1879 whilst he was studying at the recently ...
Millennium Map
A map of the Calstone and the surrounding area was drawn by a local artist, Michelle Tomlin, in the year ...
The last lambing
This was written in April 2008 and taken from the May 2008 edition of "The Villages". At the time of ...