I travel back to 18th Century England - I was shocked! Georgian Farm at Beamish Museum

In this video I visit the Georgian Era and had the pleasure of visiting the Georgian Farm at Beamish Museum in Country Durham, England. In this video we look around the "new house" - a house that has been here since at least 1400 in one form or another. What really stuck me about this house was how nice it was to see the lives of a farmer, a moderate house and learn about the lives of millions of people at this time rather than the usual stories of riches and gilt you can see in showpiece Georgian houses elsewhere.

I was really shocked how much I liked this house, in fact I loved this house it became one of the highlights of my visit to Beamish Museum. It brought a period to life I have studied a lot but never really "seen" before outside text books and contemporary penny dreadful illustrations.

The Georgian Village of Pockerley contains the farmhouse, quilters cottage (sadly not open at the moment), Drovers Inn and demonstrations from craftspeople making artisan items of the period. It was a really lovely exhibit and easy to lose yourself and imagine it's not a museum at all.

I'm Lucy, social historian and general nosy parker, thank you for joining me for this video, I film, edit, research and script every one and if you liked it please consider subscribing or checking out my other videos, it really inspires me and I would love you to join our community of lovely, like minded history lovers.






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