Phillips, M. (2013). Onion Drying Shed, Valley Farm, Steppingley Road, Flitwick, Bedfordshire: Archaeological Building Recording. Bedford: Albion Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1088215. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Onion Drying Shed, Valley Farm, Steppingley Road, Flitwick, Bedfordshire: Archaeological Building Recording
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Series:		 Albion Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Planning permission granted for development on land at Valley Farm, Steppingley Road, Flitwick, Bedfordshire included a condition requiring historic building recording of an onion drying shed prior to its demolition. Valley Farm comprises a red brick farmhouse on Steppingley Road with the farm buildings comprising a mixture of weatherboarded and brick buildings to the rear of the farmhouse. The onion drying shed is located towards the rear of the farm complex. Detailed measured survey and photographic recording of the building was carried out (level 3). The onion drying shed is raised on brick piers and has a slatted timber floor and walls with doors in the north end and east side and a tiled roof. Internally it is 7.98m long by 2.74m wide. The building is constructed of machine sawn, softwood throughout. The walls are framed with diagonal primary bracing and closely spaced studs. Examination of historical maps shows that Valley Farm had not been built when the 2nd edition OS map was surveyed in 1900. The architectural style of the farmhouse suggests an Edwardian construction date. Historical surveys of market gardening in Bedfordshire show that it developed during the mid 17th century in Sandy and expanded in the Ivel valley following the construction of the railway in 1851. Expansion into parts of the Ouse valley and on the Greensand ridge around Maulden took place from 1900 onwards. The onion shed at Valley Farm, therefore, is related to the latest stage in expansion of market gardening in Bedfordshire.
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Author:		 M Phillips
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Publisher:		 Albion Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Central Bedfordshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2013
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Site: Valley Farm, Steppingley Road
County: Bedfordshire
District: Central Bedfordshire
Parish: FLITWICK
Country: England
Grid Reference: 550000, 287000 (Easting, Northing)
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20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) ONION DRYING SHED (Monument Type England)
BUILDING SURVEY (Event)
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OASIS Id: albionar1-159786
OBIB: 2013/153
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Created Date:		 29 Oct 2021