1956

TF4509 : Shearing sheep on The Peckover Estate, Wisbech

taken 68 years ago, near to Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England

Shearing sheep on The Peckover Estate, Wisbech
Shearing sheep on The Peckover Estate, Wisbech
Reg Humphrey with the fleece and sheep shearer, Tommy Bunting from Leverington, at the rear of Peckover House, Wisbech in 1956. The thatched barn to the right in the background is Peckover reed barn, a 17th century threshing barn, see Link The Humphrey family are still tenant farmers of this field and several others on the Peckover Estate, and still graze sheep in this particular field.

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The Humphrey family archive   (more nearby)
Contributed by
Richard Humphrey   (more nearby)
Date Taken
1 June 1956   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 1 May, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TF 4570 0967 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:39.9102N 0:9.1833E
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OSGB36: geotagged! TF 4570 0967
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Southeast (about 135 degrees)
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