Barn - The Lives, Landscape and Lost Ways of an Old Yorkshire Farm

The astonishing, socio-historic uncovering of a vanished agricultural way of life by best-selling nature writer Sally Coulthard. Dominating the farmyard of the house where Sally Coulthard and her husband live in the gentle Howardian Hills of North Yorkshire is a large, stone-built barn. When Sally discovered a set of ancient 'witch-marks' scratched into the wall of the barn, she became intrigued by the sturdy old building and the story behind it. The Barn is hence a socio-historic exploration of a small patch of Yorkshire countryside - hidden, insignificant, invisible to the rest of the world - which has experienced extraordinary changes. From the last of the enclosures to the boom days of Victorian high farming, the fortunes of the barn have been repeatedly upturned by the unstoppable forces of agriculture and industry. Medicine, transport, education, farming, women's roles, war, technology - every facet of society was played out, in miniature, here. The walls of the barn are a palimpsest, written onto - and now about - by three hundred years of history.

About the author

Sally Coulthard is a bestselling author of books about natural history and rural life including The Barn, A Short History of the World According to Sheep, The Book of the Earthworm, The Hedgehog Handbook and over twenty more titles. She lives on a Yorkshire smallholding which she shares with her husband, three girls and an assortment of unruly animals.

Summary

A revelatory uncovering of a vanished agricultural way of life by nature writer Sally Coulthard.

Product details

• Authors: Sally Coulthard, Coulthard Sally
• Publisher: Head of Zeus
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9781800240858
• ISBN: 978-1-80024-085-8
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, NATURE / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, The countryside, country life: general interest, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Social and cultural history, The countryside, country life, Impact of science and technology on society, Agriculture and farming, Non Fiction