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| *****SWAAG_ID***** | 689 |
| Date Entered | 25/02/2013 |
| Updated on | 03/03/2013 |
| Recorded by | Tim Laurie |
| Category | Tree Site Record |
| Record Type | Botanical HER |
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| Site Access | Private |
| Record Date | 17/02/2013 |
| Location | Moor House Farm, Brignall |
| Civil Parish | Not known |
| Brit. National Grid | NZ 055 115 |
| Altitude | 230m |
| Geology | Drift over Namurian sandstones, shales and limestone strata
NZ0550611489 |
| Record Name | Rokeby CP. Brignall. Moor House Farm. Relict hedgerows to Elsie Close and The Little Field |
| Record Description | Photographic record of relict hedgerows to two of the twenty fields on Moor House Farm with very fine ancient managed ie hedgerow-laid ash trees which are now grown on, hawthorns and crab apples. The lightning charred remains remains of at least one wych elm can be seen. |
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| Tree Site ID | 0 |
| Associated Site SWAAG ID | 0 |
| Additional Notes | For the most amusing, vivid and interesting first hand descriptions of life on this Teesdale Farm from the War Years onward, with seperate Chapters devoted to the individual characteristics of each of the twenty named fields which comprise Moor House Farm, see: Doug Anderson, 1999:'One Field at a Time- Life on a Teesdale Farm'. Copies of this excellent book which has been beautifully printed with Doug's poetry, his own fine watercolours and first hand experiences and life at Moor House Farm are obtainable from the Author, Doug Anderson at Moor House.
A visit to walk through the Brignall Banks Woods is highly recommended.
I absolutely loved the detailed and amusing descriptions of farm life in this book,and Doug's own superb watercolours which illustrate horse drawn farm machinery and the adaption of this equipment to the earliest use of Fordson Tractors. I have learned a great deal about this beautful farm which is located high above the River Greta and Brignall Banks with views southward to Barningham Moor. |
| Image 1 ID | 4038 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 1 Description | Relict hedgerow with ancient layered ash trees, between Elsie Close and The Little Field. |  |
| Image 2 ID | 4039 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 2 Description | Elsie Clse Field. Layered ash. |  |
| Image 3 ID | 4040 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 3 Description | Layered ash in hedgerow between Elsie Close and The Little Field |  |
| Image 4 ID | 4041 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 4 Description | Layered ash in hedgerow between Elsie Close and The Little Field |  |
| Image 5 ID | 4042 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 5 Description | Crab Apple trees in hedgerow, The Little Field |  |
| Image 6 ID | 4043 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 6 Description | Crab Apple trees in hedgerow, The Little Field |  |
| Image 7 ID | 4044 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 7 Description | Crab Apple trees in hedgerow, The Little Field, detail |  |
| Image 8 ID | 4045 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 8 Description | Iron implement found in the hedgerow. What is this? |  |
| Image 9 ID | 4046 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 10 ID | 4047 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 11 ID | 4048 |
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| Image 12 ID | 4051 |
| Image 12 Description | 'One Field at a Time'by Doug Anderson of Moor House Farm. Cover. |  |
| Image 13 ID | 4052 |
| Image 13 Description | The Little Field. Building Pikes.Illustration from 'One Field at a Time'. |  |
| Image 14 ID | 4053 |
| Image 14 Description | Friendly resident in The Little Field |  |
