Ploughs

Extent
500
Date
1796-1939
Turnwrest plough (MERL 55/786)
Turnwrest plough (MERL 55/786)

The Museum of English Rural Life holds a carefully selected collection of 39 mostly horse-drawn ploughs that represent the variety and development of this important agricultural implement. The collection also includes breast ploughs, plough shares, model ploughs and plough parts.  

More information

The objects are catalogued on the online database. Search using the word ‘plough’.

Connected Objects

Photograph of steam ploughing (DX289/0079a)
Author
Joe
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Published Date
May 5, 2017

Steam Ploughing

Photograph from the Eric Guy Collection showing steam ploughing in action, where steam engines drew the plough across the field.

Turnwrest plough (MERL 55/786)
Author
Joe
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Published Date
May 5, 2017

Turn Wrest Plough

Turnwrest plough from the collections of the Museum of English Rural Life, displayed at a country show in the 1950s.

A hand-written object label for a sheep bell from Devon

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