Object number
52/321/2-3
Description
This ox yoke was obtained by the donor from a farm in Wilcote, Oxfordshire; it is thought to date from at least 1850.
Physical description
animal yoke: wood
Archival history
MERL 'Catalogue index' card – ‘… // DATE ACQUIRED: // GROUP: // NEGATIVE: // PERIOD: // PLACE OF ORIGIN: // NUMBER: // DESCRIPTION: …‘ This ox yoke was obtained my Mr. Harris from the farm of a Mr. Dawkins of Wilcote, Oxon, and the donor believes that it dates from at least 1850... // See alo 53/94. // Sir Hugh Rhys Rankin tells us that he visited Mr. George Dawkins' farm in the early 1900's. Mr Dawkinds, like Sir Hugh, was a member of the Dynevor family of Dynevor Castle, Carmarthenshire, South Wales and used to obtain Dynevor oxen from them. These oxen were rough white beasts with black points and long horns and are now becoming rare (1954). They were last used on the farm at Wilcote in about 1912 and the job the last one was put to was to draw a water cart. //
Production date
1825-01-01 - 1874-12-31
Production period
Mid-nineteenth century
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