D-block GB-424000-465000
1986 A DAIRY FARM
HADDOCKSTONES FARM
It was originally a grange of
Fountains Abbey and was farmed by the
monks with one lay brother and the
others were workers.It is mentioned in
the original Domesday Book.The stones
of Haddockstones which were laid down
by ancient man were moved and the site
destroyed when a natural_gas pipeline
which lies under the farm in a
north_south route,was laid in 1967/68.
It is now a dairy farm of 162 acres
with 95 cows _ 80 milkers.They grow
silage and hay.Feed is bought from
Bibby's at Sherburn-in-Elmet.The cows
are brought in around mid_October and
put out again in April.The older
heifers stay out until Christmas.The
animals are all home reared.Pannal
Auction Mart is to sell animals.
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Written accounts from this D-block
- Housing Tourism
- Education Village School
- Local History Sawley Hall
- Education School Concert
- School Sports Day
- Lifestyle My Family
- Lifestyle Sarah's Day
- Local History Lacon Hall
- Employment A Nurse
- Recreation Womens Institute
- Events Village Green
- Life Styles
- Recreation Village Hall
- Lifestyle Rachel's Day
- Farming Dairy And Beef
- Farming Sheep And Pigs
- Farming Machinery
- Local History. Farms
- A Dairy Farm
- Employment Sawley
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