Manor Farm

Manor Farm is owned and farmed by the Webb familly and is located at the begining of Withins Way,,

just off Church Road. The farm is slightly hidden behind the Manor House on Church Road, but as you

turn into Withins Way the large sheds and gated entrance then become visible. The farm has some of the

latest modern equipment, from seed drills, potatoe harveters to the latest models of John Deere and

Massey Ferguson tractors.

Manor farm has a spacious yard/working area, for the ever increasing size of todays large modern

machinery. On one side of the yard there are three joined sheds, these are mainly for the preperation

and storage of harvested potatoes. One shed is used for the storage of the harvested crop, while the

other one is used for the preperation, grading and bagging for wholesale potatoe merchants. The third

shed is used for the storge of machinery, such as tractors and implements.

The other side of the yard has another 3 sheds, although this time seperate from each other.

This includes a grain store, next to that there is a small shed for storage and across the yard on the same

side is a larger shed used for storage of implements and grading boxes for potatoes.

As well as the modern buildings the farm still holds onto the traditional buildings in one corner of the yard,

these where once used for hey, horses and cattle over 50 years ago. Recent buildings include a chemical

store and the renovation of a barn into an office for the running of the farm, this same building also

includes a fully equiped downstairs changing and washing area for staff and workers while on site.

The main crops grown by Billy Webb, includes various grain crops such as wheat, barley rape/linseed

oil, is now the only farm in the area that grows potatoes and has a substantial amount of land

dedicated to this crop.

Untill 2005 Webbs did grow a fairly large amount of onions, but now has ceased to grow them due to

various factors with the market for the crop.

Manor Farm

Early April 2007 saw workers from Webbs Manor Farm planting potatoes along the shoreline near the lighthouse. To the left we have a ten minute video showing 3 stages of the planting work underway, including the making of the beds, stone removing and the planting.

As well as on the ground footage

of the work,, you will be able to

see over 5 minutes of footage

from in the cabs of two of the

Massey Ferguson tractors.

The first in-cab footage shows the

planter at work, the second

sequence of in-cab footage shows

the stones being removed from

the main drill area of the potatoe

bed.

To play the video, click on the video image