Church Farm Museum
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Church Farm Museum is a museum of local and agricultural history near Skegness
, Lincolnshire
, England
.
There are a number of traditional indigenous buildings, including:
There are exhibitions of 19th and 20th century farm implements and machinery, and displays about traditional breeds such as the Red Poll
cattle, and the Longwool Sheep
. There are no beasts on site.
The museum is run by volunteers following its closure by Lincolnshire County Council. Opening daily from Easter to 31 October. Admission is free. The museum has twice taken top place in the council's own popularity poll of visitors attractions. In June 2010 it was announced that the Museum is to disappear this because Lincolnshire County Council Wanted to close the museum down, they claim falling visitor numbers.
Church Farm Museum is now being re-branded as The Village - Church Farm since a local fire (of the mud and stud cottage) and cuts by Lincoln County Council.
Skegness
Skegness is a seaside town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. Located on the Lincolnshire coast of the North Sea, east of the city of Lincoln it has a total resident population of 18,910....
, Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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There are a number of traditional indigenous buildings, including:
- A thatched "mud and Stud" cottage, moved from the nearby village of Withern.
- The original 18th-century farmhouse.
- 19th Century stable block
- 19th Century cowshed
There are exhibitions of 19th and 20th century farm implements and machinery, and displays about traditional breeds such as the Red Poll
Red Poll
The Red Poll is a dual purpose breed of cattle developed in England in the latter half of the 19th century.-Description and uses:The cattle are red, preferably deep red with white only on the tail switch and udder. They are naturally polled...
cattle, and the Longwool Sheep
Lincoln (sheep)
The Lincoln, sometimes called the Lincoln Longwool, is a breed of sheep from England. The Lincoln is the largest British sheep, developed specifically to produce the heaviest, longest and most lustrous fleece of any breed in the world. Great numbers were exported to many countries to improve the...
. There are no beasts on site.
The museum is run by volunteers following its closure by Lincolnshire County Council. Opening daily from Easter to 31 October. Admission is free. The museum has twice taken top place in the council's own popularity poll of visitors attractions. In June 2010 it was announced that the Museum is to disappear this because Lincolnshire County Council Wanted to close the museum down, they claim falling visitor numbers.
Church Farm Museum is now being re-branded as The Village - Church Farm since a local fire (of the mud and stud cottage) and cuts by Lincoln County Council.