Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This weekend (9th & 10th October), we celebrate Harvest Festival and Harvest Home at the museum.
We caught up with Rosie Nichols our Keeper of Social History for an insight in to the history of Harvest Festivals.
Harvest Festival is a celebration of food grown on the land. The idea of the Harvest Festival as we know it dates back to the 1840’s when the church would be decorated with flowers and home grown produce and hymns such as “We plough the field and scatter” and “All things bright and beautiful” would be sung.
Traditional, harvest-time food and drink will be prepared and displayed at The 1940s Farm and Pockerley Old Hall. Harvest Home signified the end of the harvest. Suppers in celebration of the farming communities’ hard work took place around the region. Farm houses and barns were dressed for the supper and a Harvest Lord was often crowned – his role was to open the feast with singing, dancing and generally a good time!
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This weekend (9th & 10th October), we celebrate Harvest Festival and Harvest Home at the museum.
We caught up with Rosie Nichols our Keeper of Social History for an insight in to the history of Harvest Festivals.
Harvest Festival is a celebration of food grown on the land. The idea of the Harvest Festival as we know it dates back to the 1840’s when the church would be decorated with flowers and home grown produce and hymns such as “We plough the field and scatter” and “All things bright and beautiful” would be sung.
Traditional, harvest-time food and drink will be prepared and displayed at The 1940s Farm and Pockerley Old Hall. Harvest Home signified the end of the harvest. Suppers in celebration of the farming communities’ hard work took place around the region. Farm houses and barns were dressed for the supper and a Harvest Lord was often crowned – his role was to open the feast with singing, dancing and generally a good time!
Our other Social Media pages:
Facebook: facebook.com/BeamishLivingMuseum
Instagram: instagram.com/beamish_museum
Twitter: twitter.com/Beamish_Museum
