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Photograph of Hook Farm, mid 20th Century

Photograph of Hook Farm,  mid 20th Century
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Hook Farm, Hook Street, photographed some time in the 1940's/1950's. This is a farm about which more is known than any other in Lydiard Tregoze, thanks to the diaries of its former tenant/owner Elliot Woolford.

Frances Bevan of the Friends of Lydiard Park is gradually transcribing Elliot's meticulous diaries which span the late 19th century to 1940's, describing both the life of the farm and the social life of the village.


Year:
1940-1960
Type:
Photograph
Owner:
Privately owned
Copyright:
Friends of Lydiard Park
Credit:
Pete Melsom
Last updated on:
Sunday 19th February 2023

Items of Interest

1930 Diary of Elliot  Woolford of Hook Farm, Lydiard Tregoze
1930 Diary of Elliot Woolford of Hook Farm, Lydiard Tregoze

1930The Lydiard Estate – Viscountess Boling...

Photograph of Elliot Woolford of Hook Farm, Lydiard Tregoze, c1930s
Photograph of Elliot Woolford of Hook Farm, Lydiard Tregoze, c1930s

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Painting of Hook Street, Lydiard Tregoze by Nelson Woolford, 1968
Painting of Hook Street, Lydiard Tregoze by Nelson Woolford, 1968

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