Farming History

A lifetime working the land in the North Riding — horses, Fergusons, Massey Fergusons, John Deere and more.

Tractors we have owned

From TE20 Ferguson to John Deere 4230 — the machines that did the work.

Combines we have owned

Aktiv, MF400, MF500, MF525, MF760 and the hill modifications.

At the Agricultural Shows

Doris Bosomworth at Leyburn Agricultural Show with a cow, c1944
My Mother Doris Bosomworth at Leyburn Agricultural Show (c1944)
Clifford Bosomworth at Leyburn Agricultural Show with Finghall Thrimby Knight bull, c1944
My Father Clifford Bosomworth at Leyburn Agricultural Show with Finghall Thrimby Knight (c1944)

Working the Land

Clifford Bosomworth with a horse at West Moor Farm, Finghall
My Father Clifford Bosomworth at West Moor Farm, Finghall
Clifford Bosomworth steering a cultivator on the back of a TEF Ferguson
Father steering a cultivator on the back of a TEF Ferguson
Doris Bosomworth with a Ferguson tractor at Westmoor Farm, Finghall
My Mother Doris Bosomworth, Westmoor Farm, Finghall
Brian baling with an MF165
Brian baling — MF165
Potato harvesting
Potato picking — MF Harvester

Films & Videos

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