The
Meaker Family Farm Connections
Northbrook Farm
Northbrook Farm, Shapwick, Somerset
Home of William Henry Meaker and Hannah Burroughs.
Born here were: William Joseph 1881, Mabel Bessie 1883 & Reginald Jesse 1884.
In 1790 the tenant holdings on the manor estate were re organized because of the Enclosure Act, a series of laws which divided common land, redistributed plots and required farmers to build a fence around their lands. Northbrook Farm was the first purpose-built ring-fenced farm in the parish. In 1830 Northbrook Farm was 360 Acres.
Kent Farm
Kent Farm, Shapwick, Somerset
Home of William Henry Meaker and Hannah Burroughs,
Born here were: Emily 1887 and Ethel Mary 1890.
1839 Kent Farm was 330 Acres. Caerphilly cheese was produced on Kent Farm in the 1930s. Kent Farm was the original mill site in Shapwick.
Rookery Farm
Rookery Farm, Charlton Mackrell, Somerset
Home of William Henry Meaker and Hannah Burroughs.
Born here were: Arthur Henry John Meaker 1892, and Ida Blanche May Meaker 1895.
Brook Farm
Brook Farm now Manor Farm (2005), Fiddington Somerset
Home of Henry Albert Meaker and Eliza Juliet Dinham.
Born here were: John Ruscombe 1873, Arthur William 1874, Benjamin 1875, Edgar Jesse 1878, Albert Joseph 1879, Alick Ruscombe 1881,Ella Madeline 1882, Henry Percy 1883, Frank Meaker 1884, Reginald 1887, Archibald Gerald 1890.
A 17th Century Farmhouse, the front was remodeled in the early 19th Century.
In 1944, Mr Trigle was the foreman and Dorothy was the housekeeper, Arthur William was running the farm at that time.
