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Farming in Walkern

This section will house articles written about farming in Walkern. It will take a while for everything to be added so please bear with us. Click the list below to read the articles added so far…

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Thatching haystacks

By Janet Woodall and Eleanor Waldock, from an article originally in the Walkern Journal Every year it’s fascinating to see the fields around Walkern being tidied up after harvesting, with straw bales, either cube-shaped or circular briefly d...

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SUSAN JONES March 17, 2012 at 11:50 am

Hello,
My G Grandfather was estate manager at boxwood house walkern. I have many photographs
of boxwood and events at Walkern village. His daughter Emma Sawkins married the local blacksmith
his surname was Dearman, they emigrated to Australia.M y cousin there has quite a few photographs
If you would like to get back to me with any information you might have of my family,i would be thrilled
Thank you
Susan Jones

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