The Barn av Sally Coulthard

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<p>A revelatory uncovering of a vanished agricultural way of life by bestselling nature writer Sally Coulthard. <br>''A gem of a book'' <b><i>Country Smallholding</i></b><br>''Engaging and filled with gentle humour and fascinating facts'' <b><i>Get History</i></b><br>''Shows us the beauty and rich history of everyday things'' <b><i>Country Walking Magazine</i></b><br><br>Across 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.<br><br>Both the intimate story of a building and its hinterland, and a wider social history, <i>The Barn</i> 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