Farms in and around Harpenden

1880s to 1930s

A selection of our photos - Home Farm, Cross Farm, Bamville Farm, Redbournbury Farm, Watler's Farm, Upper Topstreet Farm (The Granary). Of these, only Cross Farm still survives at the southern edge of Harpenden.

Please click on the small picture to see it full size, with a brief caption.

Comments have been added about images 12 and 13 on The Granary.

Photo:1. Home Farm and Stakers Lane (now No1 Station Road - 1880

Photo:2. Sketch of Home Farm - corner of High Street and Station Road by F G Kitton

Photo:3. Cross Farm, entrance through farmyard, Cross Lane -1920's

Photo:5. Cross Farm -1917 - watercolour by Ernest Heasman

Photo:6. Cross Farm - 1900's - sketch by A T Mardall

Photo:7. Bamville Farm - 1900's - sketch by A T Mardall

Photo:8. Redbournbury Farm -1930's sketch by A T Mardall

Photo:9. Watler's Farm, Queens Road - 1890, demolished in 1960s

Photo:10. Watler's Farm, Queens Road - 1930's

Photo:11. Donkey Wheel at Annables Farm - donkey named Dink

Photo:12. "The Granary", formerly known at Upper Topstreet Farm, Crabtree Lane - 1920s

Photo:13. The Granary (Upper Topstreet Farm) scan of water colour; artist's name and date unclear

This gallery was added by David Hinton on 09/04/2011.

Comments about this page

My granny (nee Willmott) lived in The Granary (the last two pictures in the sequence) in 1904, when she married. Her parents before that, her father being Frederick Willmott. I have a water colour of the house (see the last image). The artist was my Auntie Ethel, her maiden name was Wilmott. Can't remember her married name, maybe Pickering.

By Jennifer Coville
On 10/09/2019

My grandmother was housekeeper to a Miss Pickering at The Granary during the mid 1940s. I visited The Granary then myself but cannot remember details now.

By Bob Daniel
On 01/10/2019

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