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The Riverside near Barmston (3 of 8)
Jean Potts' Memories of Barmston Farms
Middle Barmston Farm
Two unidentified Boys in the Farmyard of Middle Barmston Farm.
The track leads from the public road (entrance behind the bush) into the farmyard at the rear of the farmhouse.
The boys are at the opposite side of the farmyard, facing the rear of the house and the duck pond.
Jean says, My great-great-grandfather, John Potts, farmed at Middle Barmston from around 1845.
His son, my great-grandfather, John Charlton Potts, farmed at High Barmston.
Middle Barmston Farm
Farm Hands thought to be working at Middle Barmston Farm.
Three Barmston Farms & The River Wear
Low Barmston Farm (top, centre). Middle Barmston Farm (top, left). High Barmston Farm (low, right).
( Washington Chemical Works in the foreground. The empty fields became Washington Wildfowl Centre. )
Aerial View of Barmston Riverside (2016)
Low Barmston, Middle Barmston & High Barmston Farms
Once surrounded by fields and fresh air!
( Thanks to Google Earth )