Glastonbury : Rural Life Museum |
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" In the Abbey
Farmhouse the social and domestic life of Victorian Somerset is
described in reconstructed rooms and an exhibition which tells the life
story of a farm worker, John Hodges, from the cradle to the grave.The
magnificent fourteenth-century Abbey barn is the centrepiece of the
Somerset Rural Life Museum. The barn and the farm buildings surrounding
the courtyard contain displays illustrating the tools and techniques of
farming in Victorian Somerset. Unusual local activities like willow
growing, mud horse fishing, peat digging and cider making are included." |
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