Welbourn Horkey

The Horkey information guide is immersed by apples from the community orchard in Welbourn.

Musician Danny Pedler led the precession of pupils of Welbourn Primary to St. Chad’s church which took place on the previous day to the Horkey.

A number of prints made by the pupils of Sir William Robertson school was processed with the pupils of Welbourn Primary.

Pupils processing with work made in Miranda Sharpe’s workshops.

Pupils processing with work made in Miranda Sharpe’s workshops.

Pupils processing with their artworks from Welbourn Primary to St. Chad’s church. Their pieces were inspired by local crops and local dialect words such as Featish which means ‘good’ or ‘excllent’.

Pupils of Welbourn Primary and villagers processing with their artworks into St. Chad’s Church.

Villagers in St. Chad’s church at the harvest service the previous day.

Villagers in St. Chad’s church at the harvest service the previous day.

Artworks created in art workshops hosted by artist Miranda Sharpe.

Community made decoration in St. Chad’s church inspired by the agricultural heritage of Welbourn.

Decoration in St. Chad’s church inspired by the agricultural heritage of Welbourn.

Artist Lyndall Phelps’ artwork ‘Fertile Ground’, on display in St. Chad’s church.

One side of Lyndall Phelps’ artwork ‘Fertile Ground’. It is comprised of 14 individual artworks suspended inside a circular frame and held on pillars.

A visitor inspecting artist Lyndall Phelps’ main artwork ‘Fertile Ground’; the piece was created for Welbourn inspired by the village’s agricultural heritage.

More locals fascinated by Lyndall Phelps’ piece ‘Fertile Ground’.

Folk duo Danny Pedler & Rosie Butler-Hall performed at the Welbourn Horkey; here in St. Chad’s church.

Local farmers brought agricultural machinery to be displayed to the public.

Local farmer Robert Cross (right) was instrumental in organising the displays of agricultural machinery that defined the Horkey.

A local farmer is readying hay to be threshed in the 1920s threshing machine that was brought and worked in a farming demonstration.

The 1920s threshing machine was situated among other agricultural vehicles on Castle Hill in the centre of Welbourn.

Locals were exposed to their agricultural heritage through farming demonstrations and exhibitions.

Shrub & Grub bakery baked fresh bread on the day using flour milled from local grown wheat.

Shrub & Grub bakery judged the bake-off competition.

Bake-off and creative competitions were held on the day, this is an entry of the creative vegetable competition.

Locals with their entries in the creative vegetable competition.

Another entry in the creative vegetable competition.

A huge pumpkin was displayed in the village hall by local farmer Robert Cross, people were invited to guess its weight.

Apples picked from the village community orchard were displayed and pressed into fresh apple juice that was free for people to drink.

Art workshops were held all day in the village hall; the work that was created was added to a stage-like set of the old Co-op shop in the village. The old shop was formerly the first rural branch of the Lincolnshire Co-op, opened in 1878.

All the produce in the set of the old Co-op shop.

Artist Lyndall Phelps led the workshops at the Horkey as well as a previous community workshop in the village that started work on the Co-op shop set.

The set of the Co-op shop comprised of produce such as eggs, sausages and sacks of flour.

Artist Miranda Sharpe held workshops at the Horkey working with copper wire that was sculpted into heritage-inspired models such as crops.

These enamels were created by members of the community in a workshop hosted by artist Miranda Sharpe; these were then displayed at the Horkey. The designs are inspired by Welbourn’s agricultural heritage.