| ID |
Category |
Simple Name |
Detailed Description |
Thumbnail |
Location |
| B206 |
AGRICULTURE |
chaff cutter |
Cuts chaff into small pieces Hand driven chaff cutter with large flywheel at front and chute at the back. Model name "The Clipper"is stamped on the front of the machine. Other details such as "Bamfords Patent, Mark 2, 1682, 1680," are moulded in various places on the machine. There is also the makers trademark a small shield with H B in the top two segments and a snake in the lower. |
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O Big Barn |
| B315 |
CARRIAGES CARTS AND WAGONS |
wagon |
Pink 4 wheel wagon. Has Hawkins and Sons on the side. Side boards inside it. |
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O Big Barn |
| C072 |
AGRICULTURE |
winnower |
Separates husks from corn large machine for seperating corn from the chaff and smaller seeds. Has a model of a man holding handle to show how it is worked. |
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O Big Barn |
| C254 |
AGRICULTURE |
seed harrows |
Seed harrows. Usually used in triplicate and dragged over ground to cover seeds and give a fine tilth. |
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O Big Barn |
| D036 |
FUNERALS |
coffin carrier |
4 wheel trolley bier with removable top carrier. Made by Dotteridge Bros, Dorset Works, East Road, London N. |
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O Big Barn |
| D189 |
CARRIAGES CARTS AND WAGONS |
Cart |
Lightweight market cart restored by J. Youngs c2009 |
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O Big Barn |
| D559 |
MEASURES |
Hoist |
Differential chain hoist |
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O Big Barn |
| D560 |
CONTAINERS |
Granary |
Was part of this farm |
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O Big Barn |
| D561 |
MEASURES |
Spring balance, 0-200lb |
Restored during 1990's |
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O Big Barn |
| D562 |
MEASURES |
Spring balance, 0-1cwt |
restored during 1990's |
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O Big Barn |
| D563 |
MEASURES |
Steelyard |
Steelyard for weighing |
 |
O Big Barn |
| D564 |
CONTAINERS |
Grain bin |
Was part of this farm |
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O Big Barn |
| D584 |
SPORTS AND PASTIMES |
trap |
animal trap, small |
 |
O Big Barn |
| D585 |
SPORTS AND PASTIMES |
trap |
animal trap, small |
 |
O Big Barn |
| D591 |
AGRICULTURE |
wheel |
Pair of large steel and cast iron wheels, unknown origin made by Bamford, one in location O, the other in location QQ |
 |
O Big Barn |
| D592 |
HUSBANDRY AND LIVESTOCK |
trough |
animal feeding trough |
 |
O Big Barn |
| D593 |
HUSBANDRY AND LIVESTOCK |
sieves |
two sieves; not a pair; straw or cane mesh; as used for measuring out animal feed eg oats |
 |
O Big Barn |
| D594 |
HORSES |
whippletree |
2-horse whippletree |
 |
O Big Barn |
| D595 |
MEASURING |
scales |
Table top spring scales; Salter 'Parcel Balance'; 0-112 lb |
 |
O Big Barn |
| D603 |
SPORTS AND PASTIMES |
trap |
animal trap, small |
 |
O Big Barn |
| D606 |
SPORTS AND PASTIMES |
trap |
animal trap, small |
 |
O Big Barn |
| D607 |
MEASURES |
scales |
balance beam scales |
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O Big Barn |
| D609 |
AGRICULTURE |
wheels |
a pair of wheels from an unknown horticultural machine (possibly a horse seed drill) made by Browns, Leighton. One wheel is in good restored condition; other wheel is in very poor condition |
 |
O Big Barn |
| D610 |
AGRICULTURE |
wood splitter |
used in conjunction with axe for running split down length of wood for hurdle making |
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O Big Barn |
| E020 |
AGRICULTURE |
lantern |
candle, c1850s |
 |
O Big Barn |
| E029 |
Framed Pictures |
Watercolour picture |
Picture by John Chalkley of a section of the Big Barn at Pitstone Green Museum |
 |
O Big Barn |
| E063 |
ARCHAEOLOGY |
display case |
cabinet of pots and rims excavated from a crude well and pits in a farmstead at Bulbourne |
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O Alcove in Big Barn |
| E064 |
ARCHAEOLOGY |
display case |
cabinet of querns and other items of domestic use |
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O Alcove in Big Barn |
| E065 |
ARCHAEOLOGY |
display case |
examples of items found at various levels in the excavated well in quarry 2 |
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O Alcove in Big Barn |
| E066 |
ARCHAEOLOGY |
display case |
iron sulphide modules dug up locally in Ivinghoe |
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O Alcove in Big Barn |
| E067 |
FRAMED PICTURES |
picture |
amateur picture of the lakes |
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O Alcove in Big Barn |
| E068 |
ARCHAEOLOGY |
display case |
mammal extremitiy bone excavated from the deep well |
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O Alcove in Big Barn |
| E069 |
ARCHAEOLOGY |
display case |
local Hertfordshire pudding stone |
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O Alcove in Big Barn |
| E070 |
ARCHAEOLOGY |
display case |
cabinet of rims, necks, sherds and pots excavated from the deep well in 1969 |
 |
O Alcove in Big Barn |
| E071 |
ARCHAEOLOGY |
display case |
ammonites (mesozoic cephalopods) |
 |
O Alcove in Big Barn |
| E072 |
DOMESTIC |
pump |
Well pump, once fitted to to the wall facing the farm house and behind the chicken shed |
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O Alcove in Big Barn |
| E073 |
FRAMED PICTURES |
photograph |
photo and details of the work that Jean Davis carried out concerning archaeology |
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O Alcove in Big Barn |
| E197 |
Transport |
Motor Cycle |
Grass track motorcycle named Killer 3. Made from early motor cycle parts by Jack Brantom.Appeared in an article in Classic Motorcycle Magazine Jan 1989, pages 40 and 41 |
 |
O Big Barn |
| E199 |
FARMING |
Scythe |
Scythe for cutting crops |
 |
O Big Barn |
| E278 |
SCALES |
Scales |
Butchers Scales |
 |
O Big Barn |
| E415 |
Motoring |
Motor Vehicle |
Ford Popular 100E Reg no 393 PPP |
 |
O Big Barn |
| E562 |
Dairy |
Butter Churn on stand |
Butter Churn on stand |
 |
O Big Barn |
| E618 |
Transport |
Hercules Cycle |
Black,mens,3 speed, Hercules cycle, 1950's, with pump, lamp & trouser clips. |
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O Big Barn |
