Rural Life Centre, Tilford
- Rural Life Centre, Tilford
The Rural Life Centre is in Tilford, Surrey near Farnham in southern England. It is a museum of country life assembled by Mr and Mrs Henry Jackson and is run by a charitable trust. It is covers over ten acres of field, woodland and barns, and comprises a large number of implements and devices marking over 150 years of farming. There is also an arboretum with over one hundred species of trees. [ [http://www.travelpublishing.co.uk/CountryLivingSouthEast/Surrey/CSERuralLifeCentre.htm Travel publishing] ]
The museum highlights farming through the seasons, local hop growing, tools and crafts allied to country industries and needs. The social history of village life from the 1800s is displayed covering school life, domestic work and trades. There is an example of an old fashioned rural post office and village inn.
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External links
* [http://www.rurallife.plus.com/rlc/ Rural Life Centre website]
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