*UPCOMING EVENT* Harvest Festival on Saturday 5th October, fun for all the family! Click here for more details
Brook Rural Museum sits at the foot of the North Downs’ iconic Devil’s Kneading Trough and preserves over 700 years of history. Housed in a magnificent 14th-century grange barn and 19th-century oast house, the museum collects and exhibits the agricultural and rural history of East Kent. Our collections date from the 18th century and tell the story of farming and rural life in the Garden of England from the age of the horse through to the Industrial Revolution and beyond.
The museum and its historic buildings are owned and managed by the Wye Rural Museum Trust.
The below is a summary of Dr John Bulaitis’ talk ‘The Tithe War in England and Wales 1881-1936’, given at the Michael Nightingale lecture on
Join us on Saturday 5th October for our Harvest Festival and final event of 2024! 🍎🍂🌾 Fun for all the family! We’ll have loads of
Join us on Tuesday 24th September 7pm for the Twelfth Michael Nightingale Memorial Lecture. Dr John Bulaitis will be talking about the Tithe War in
It's an Aladdin's cave of yesteryear from hopping and grain-growing to waggons and a beautifully preserved linen farmer's smock. Heritage Lottery funding is giving this museum a new lease of life with interesting events happening in 2023.
What a very interesting place to visit. My son and I had a very warm welcome from the volunteers. We particularly loved the Oast House, its lovely to see it still in it's original state. If you're in the area definitely pop in there.
Brilliant piece of history and evolution in agriculture... for enthusiasts who know what's happening vis-a-vis what it was.
Brook Rural Museum, The Street, Brook, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5PF
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