Hopper Huts at Spelmonden Farm:: OS grid TQ7037 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland

TQ7037 : Hopper Huts at Spelmonden Farm

near to Kilndown, Kent, Great Britain

Hopper Huts at Spelmonden Farm

Two of a number of surviving hops at Spelmonden Farm.

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TQ7037 : Hopper Huts near Spelmonden Farm
TQ7037 : Hopper Huts at Spelmonden Farm
TQ7037 : Hopper Huts at Spelmonden Farm

Hopper Huts

Hopper huts were primitive buildings which hop picking families would stay in during the hop picking season in September, during the 18th century and early 20th century. Usually built of corrugated metal around a basic timber frame, more wealthy farmers built them out of brick, and may even have included a small fireplace and chimney.

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2009

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Grid Square: TQ7037, 38 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Oast House Archive (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph
Date Taken: Thursday, 1 October, 2009 (more nearby)
Submitted: Thursday, 1 October, 2009
Category: Hoppers' huts (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: TQ 703 371 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:6.4842N 0:25.9059E
Photographer Location: OSGB36: TQ 703 371
View Direction: West-northwest (about 292 degrees)