Return to Beamish Museum

We spent our next few days off enjoying a return visit to Beamish. Fortunately, the weather was a lot better than on our last visit, and we still had so much more to see!

This time, once inside, we walked down to the 1820s village, an area we didn't get chance to explore at all the last time we were here.

The first thing we stopped to watch was a re-enactment of a parade by the Durham Regiment of the Light Infantry. Their red uniforms looked stunning against the vibrant green grass and the vivid blue sky.

We then made our way to Pockerley Old Hall which represents the home of a relatively wealthy tenant farmer and his family in the late 1820s. The farm's main focus would have been milk, cheese, and butter production from a dairy herd of Durham Shorthorn cattle. The farmer would have taken an active interest in improving the agricultural efficiency of his land.

Unlike most other buildings at Beamish, Pockerley is original to the site. It has stood on its hilltop for several centuries.Read more