Wagon Walk

This gallery includes the bulk of our wagon and cart collection, and includes a rich selection of archives and objects. We reveal the detailed and personal stories about these vehicles and their place in the wider history and culture of rural England.

The MERL Google Streetview Tour

Number of Objects

176

What I Can See

This brake was used by a hurdlemaker when making wooden gate hurdles. It consists of a complex wooden frame supporting a toothed iron jaw. It was acquired from the 1951 Festival of Britain. Hurdle maker's brake (MERL 52/36)

Making Hurdles

Date

Circa 1951

Object Number

MERL 52/36

Detail of Armac Brassworks, Festival of Britain horse brass showing date '1951'

Horse Brass

Date

1951

Object Number

MERL 2011/8/3

Miller’s Wagon

Date

circa 1880

Object Number

51/1295