The Trotters of Hareholes Farm
The Trotters of Hareholes Farm
When the Hill family took over the tenancy of Hareholes Farm Cottage in 2020, they moved in with their two daughters, Freya and Francesca, Tracey’s father William and a couple of large Clydesdales, ‘Trotter’ and ‘Rhu’. Before moving to the Duchy of Lancaster’s Needwood Estate, the family had been based in Nottingham where they stabled […]
66-Year Anniversary For Hanbury Park Farm
Mrs Mary Brown became one of our longest-serving Duchy tenants on the Needwood Estate in Staffordshire this month, having been a member of the Duchy family for sixty-six years. She and her husband Cecil Thomas Brown first occupied Hanbury Park Gate Farm in 1957 before moving to her current home, Hanbury Park Farm, in 1987. […]
Full Steam Ahead….
A group of vintage transport enthusiasts on the Duchy’s Needwood Estate in Staffordshire have been bringing the past back to life with a series of steam fayres, rallies, community events and experience days. Formed in the late 1950s, the North Staffs and Cheshire Traction Engine Club is committed to the preservation of all forms of […]
Festive Fir Trees!
The Duchy of Lancaster was delighted to provide Christmas trees grown on its rural estates to local village halls, schools and churches once again this year. Organisations across our Cheshire, Lancashire and Staffordshire estates were amongst those who requested a fir tree for the festive season in December 2022, organised and delivered by the Duchy’s […]
