The museum is situated on a narrow secondary road off the A287 and strangely does not seem to be signposted at all until you come to the entrance itself.
As early as the 1950s local couple Henry and Madge Jackson realised that many old agricultural implements, such as wagons, and hand tools, used by earlier generations were being lost or destroyed. They became avid collectors of such items and, in 1973, after a suggestion by some friends opened what was then The Old Kiln Agricultural Museum. Some disused farm buildings in the part of the museum now known as Henry’s Yard were utilised for the museum, and their treasured collection soon began to grow, reflecting local life stories and many rural interests.
Madge died in 2002 and Henry
