{"product_id":"the-barn-the-lives-landscape-and-lost-ways-of-an-old-yorkshire-farm","title":"Sally Coulthard: The Barn: The Lives, Landscape and Lost Ways of an Old Yorkshire Farm [2022] paperback","description":"A revelatory uncovering of a vanished agricultural way of life by bestselling nature writer Sally Coulthard. \u003cp\u003e'A gem of a book' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCountry Smallholding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'Engaging and filled with gentle humour and fascinating facts' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGet History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'Shows us the beauty and rich history of everyday things' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCountry Walking Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross the foldyard from Sally Coulthard's North Yorkshire farmhouse, stands an old stone barn. When she discovered a set of witches' marks on one of its internal walls, she began to wonder about the lives of the people who had once lived and worked there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth the intimate story of a building and its hinterland, and a wider social history, \u003ci\u003eThe Barn\u003c\/i\u003e explores a hidden corner of rural Britain that has witnessed remarkable changes. From the eighteenth-century Enclosures to the Second World War, the fortunes of the Barn have been blown, like a leaf in a gale, by the unstoppable forces of new agriculture and industry. Seismic shifts in almost every area of society were all played out here in miniature - against a backdrop of scattered limestone villages and the softly rolling Howardian Hills.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coulthard, Sally","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44096048070946,"sku":"9781800240865","price":14.3,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/products\/coulthard-sally-the-barn-the-lives-landscape-and-lost-ways-of-an-old-yorkshire-farm-9781800240865-39944656453922.jpg?v=1669403868","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/the-barn-the-lives-landscape-and-lost-ways-of-an-old-yorkshire-farm","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}