Barleylands Farm Museum is a agricultural museum

Agricultural Museum

-History:The Palace of Princess Fatima, the daughter of Khedive Ismail, was chosen to be remodeled to house the museum, and construction of the museum started in November 1930.- External links :*...

 located in Barleylands, near Billericay

Billericay

Billericay is a town and civil parish in the Basildon borough of Essex, England. It lies within the London Basin, has a population of 40,000, and constitutes a commuter town east of central London. The town has three secondary schools and a variety of open spaces...

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Essex

Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...

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The museum features a wide range of early farm machinery and tractors. The museum is used as an educational facility to teach children about the agricultural history of the local area.

Essex Country Show

The Farm hosts the annual Essex Country Show on the 2nd weekend in September, each year. The show is a steam fair with one of the largest turnouts of preserved Steam engines in the UK, with 80 engines in 2009. Demonstrations of ploughing engines at work and road building using restored steam rollers make up part of the attractions on display.

External links

• Barleylands Farm Museum