The third Richard Phillips Memorial was delivered by Dr Alan Wadsworth of the Worcestershire Farmsteads Project. Alan, who grew up on the family farm in Yorkshire, moved to Badsey 15 months ago from Wiltshire. Having taken early retirement from a job in industry, he returned to his farming roots whilst in Wiltshire and became Project Leader of the Wiltshire Farmsteads Project. On moving to Badsey, it seemed only natural that he should start on a similar project in south-east Worcestershire. The project officially got under way in April 2017 when funding was received from the British Agricultural History Society.
The first part of Alan's talk focused on the aims of the project and described the recording and research methods which had been set up. After the interval, Alan used the example of Wickham Farm (formerly known as Pitchers Hill Farm) in Wickhamford to demonstrate how the methods are used.
