2011
SK7039 : Top or Upper?
taken 15 years ago, near to Bingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Top or Upper?
The two signs have different names, but maps consistently show Top Brackendale Farm. The farm has been part of the Crown Estate since 1925, with the Cockayne family as tenant farmers, but it seems that the Crown Estate has only started installing its own name plates in recent times. The name Brackendale stems from the name of the old medieval open field on this side of Bingham.
Brackendale Farms, Bingham :: SK6939
The name is derived from the old medieval open field to the south west of Bingham, which was called Brackendale Field.
Until the 1950s OS maps, Top Brackendale Farm was unnamed, with lower Brackendale Farm being simply named Brackendale Farm. The farms were taken into the Crown Estate in 1925, and the Brackendale Farms have been tenanted by the Cockaynes since 1935.
The farms are now operated as a single unit, the basic crops being wheat, barley, oil-seed rape and sugar beet.
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- Grid Square
- SK7039, 171 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Alan Murray-Rust (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Friday, 2 September, 2011 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Tuesday, 6 September, 2011
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
SK 7005 3904 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:56.6512N 0:57.5402W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: SK 7005 3905
- View Direction
- South-southwest (about 202 degrees)
