IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Pirton Road, HITCHIN, SG5 2EU
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Pirton Road, SG5 2EU by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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Image Map
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Image Listing (15 Images Found)
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Image
Details
Distance
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Ploughing competition.
On a cold, grey day, a ploughing competition adds a splash of colour to a drab countryside. Odd little machines like these turn up in the same field as modern monsters. Which would I rather own? Something old and quirky.
Image: © Robin Hall
Taken: 29 Oct 2005
0.07 miles
3
Fred and Archie.
Fred and Archie are taking part in a ploughing match. There are four other pairs of horses in the competition. The ploughman seems to have the hardest job, the horses seem to take this all in their stride.
Image: © Robin Hall
Taken: 29 Oct 2005
0.09 miles
4
Oughtonhead Farmhouse
A glimpse of the farmhouse from the adjacent public path.
The house was built for William Lucas in 1846. Its purpose was to accommodate the Oughtonhead Farm Baliff at the time that the Lucas family had consolidated its farming holdings in the Oughtonhead and Gaping Hills area. The family had started to acquire farmland around Hitchin from 1736 but at that time the land was managed under the open field system with many scattered pieces. Various enclosure acts allowed the family to form more efficient contiguous field blocks and by the 1840s they were in a position to develop Oughtonhead as a single farm.
Image: © John Lucas
Taken: 20 Sep 2006
0.15 miles
7
Pirton Road at Pirton Cross
At the end of Hitchin Road
Image: © David Howard
Taken: 16 Jan 2022
0.17 miles
8
Farm Buildings (Holdings Farm?)
Holdings Farm is marked to the south east of the Pirton road on the OS map but I believe these buildings belong to it. On the day this photograph was taken there was a ploughing match in progress. It was cold but the old tractors and plough horses didn't seem to mind at all. Oh and the bacon butties at the catering van were good I'm told by Janis.
Image: © Robin Hall
Taken: 29 Oct 2005
0.20 miles
10
The entrance to Holdings Farm, Hitchin
Image: © David Howard
Taken: 22 May 2021
0.22 miles