Lou is the owner of Cragend Farm with her husband Shaun, and deals with everything from Holiday Accommodation inquiries to egg collection from the chickens; she is the social media and web design finger-tapper.
Everyday Histories 2026
We are a farm in Northumberland where Everyday Histories resonate for us and for Heritage Open Days on two levels:
Here at Cragend Farm we are a real farm in Northumberland where the idea of “everyday histories in farming life” can still be seen today. We connect modern visitors with the daily work, tools, buildings, and traditions of rural life across centuries.
We are a truly amazing example of everyday agricultural history in Northumberland.
We are also a place where great engineers came together to create amazing new technologies. Henry Pooley, Gilbert Gilkes, Henry Watson and Lord Armstrong of Cragside all had a hand in the technoliges found on the farm.
Heritage Open Days: Cragend Farm is a historic farm linked to the nearby Cragside Estate.
The farm includes Victorian agricultural buildings and a hydraulic silo.
Visitors can take guided tours that show historic farming machinery and artefacts, some dating back to Roman times.
Why it represents everyday histories:
The Farm shows how farms actually operated: feeding animals, managing water power.
We have a collection that preserves tools and buildings used by generations of farm workers.
We aim to demonstrate the relationship between technology, estates, and rural labour.
Our tours start in May through Historic Houses Invitation to View on their website.
Find Out More About Cragend
Cragend Farm has a interesting and diverse history, from technical innovations to historic buildings. Tied in closely to the neighbouring Cragside Estate home of Victorian inventor and industrialist Lord Armstrong.
Wonderful Dog Friendly B&B and self catering cottage, Amazing unique historic site, (featured on TV: Matt Baker’s Travels with Mum & Dad North East)
Original Cragside Architecture and Machinery. Celtic Camp and Ducal Border Reiver settlement, remodelled by Victorian Lord Armstrong of Cragside as his show case for hydraulic machinery.
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