The Land Army in Much Wenlock

During 2005 one of our members, Brenda Sayer, compiled the memories of two Land Army girls, Nina Edwards and Paddy Hampson, who stayed at Bourton Manor Hostel, Nr. Much Wenlock during World War ll. You can read about these, and the memories of another Land Girl, Edith Price, in this and related webpages.

Bourton Manor Hostel

Bourton Manor Hostel [+]
Bourton Manor Hostel was the main hostel in the Much Wenlock Area

The stables at Bourton Manor were requisitioned by the government as a Land Army hostel in 1941. It appears to have remained open for approximately eight years.
Bourton Manor Hostel was the main hostel in the Much Wenlock Area. There were others; at Morville and one off the Stourbridge Road at Bridgnorth. Colonel and Mrs Field owned Bourton Manor at the time and the farms around the village. The Fields were in the forces in India.

Floor plan of Bourton Hostel, near Much Wenlock [+]
The plan shows the rooms as remembered by Nina Edwards.

The plan shows the rooms used by the twelve land girls and the matron as remembered by Nina Edwards.

Bourton Manor (image) [+]
Bourton Manor is now 2 private cottages with alterations inside. (Image by kind permission of Caroline Barr).

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