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Some of the farm wagons and carts from the collection
- Dorset wagon
- made by Mr A. Loving of Bridport, Dorset c.1910 but much repaired since that date. It was used at New House farm, Broadoak, Dorset. (61/43)
- Carrier's Wagon
- Said to have been built in 1870. It once had a canvas cover and needed 4 horses to pull it. It came from Cambridgeshire and was owned by Mr. Webb (53/8)
- Somerset Wagon
- Built by Mr C. Bailey of Combe St. Nicholas, near Chard in 1894, and used at Lords Leaze Farm, Chard, Somerset. (62/513)
- Lincolnshire Wagon
- Built in 1829 for General John Reeve of the Grenadier Guards who farmed at Leadenham, Lincolnshire (53/567)
- Wiltshire Wagon
- Built by Mr Holly, the village wheelwright of Pewsham, c.1840, and used mainly by the Pullen family on their farm at Potterne, Wiltshire. (51/1286)
- Shropshire Wagon
- built c. 1915 at Bishop's Castle and used at Lydbury, North Shropshire by Mr Meldicott until 1959. (59/219)
- Somerset Wagon
- Built by Cleverden and Son, wheelwrights of Bedminster, near Bristol, c.1880. Many wagons of this type were used in north Somerset and the vale of Berkely but this one was used by the Cobb family at Hill Ash Farm, Dymock, Gloucesterhire. (57/165)
- Boat wagon
- Built by Mr Fred Read at the Bucklbury Foundry for Sir William Cooke of Wyld Court, Hampsted Norris, berkshire. No date. (62/29)
- Scotch Cart
- Built by Mr T. L. Williamson, wheelwright of St. Neots, Huntingdonshire, and used in the same area.
(63/174)
- Devon 'ship' Wagon
- Built at Upton near Cullompton, Devon, c.1850, and used by the Pring family who brought it to Easthampstead, Berkshire. (56/304)
- Hereford Wagon
- From Holmer, Herefordshire. No other information. (62/64)
- Timber carriage
- used by Hunts, millwrights of Soham, Cambridgeshire, for haulign timber. Thought to date from the mid 19th century. (55/135)
- Gloucestershire Wagon
- built c. 1880 for Mr Fowler who farmed at Tirley, Gloucesterhire. (55/501)
- Berkshire Wagon
- This bow weagon is an imporved version of the straight framed Wiltshire wagon, and was built for George baylis of Wyfield Manor, Boxford, near Newbury, Berkshire. No date. (54/365)
- Cornish Wagon
- Built by Aaron Vosper of North Hill, near Callington, and owned by Mr Henwood of Linkinhorne, Cornwall. No date. (62/530)
- Cotsold hoop raved wagon
- From Top Farm, Westington, Chipping Campden, Gloucesterhire. Presented to the Gloucester Folk Museum by Messrs. W. R. Haines & Sons who probably had the wagon built in the 1870s. It came to MERL from Gloucester. (54/678)
- Sussex wagon
- Narrow wheeled; donated by Ms. Godman, Horsham, Sussex. It was used by her family at Lower Beeding and was made by a local craftsman in the mid 19th century. (54/677)
- Dorset wagon
- Acquired from Melbury Abbas, Shaftesbury, Dorset. It was made by Wm. H. Harrington of Birdbush Wagon Works c. 1910. (61/44)
- Suffolk Box Wagon
- Probably built in the last quarter of the 19th century. It came originally from Reydon, Suffolk, where it was made. It was used on a farm in Kersey, Hadleigh in the 1930s and it was in use until it was donated to the museum. (56/188)
- Hermaphrodite wagon
- Donated by Sir Wm. Cooke of Eling Farm, Hermitage, Berkshire. It was found in Ambrose Yard, Hampstead Norris. Originally it came from Tetford, Lincolnshire, where it was made in 1910 at a cost of £20.
- Miller's Wagon
- Built c. 1880 by Meadcroft of Welwyn for Benjamin Cole of Codicote Mill near Harpenden, Hertfordshire. It was donated to the Museum by his son J. J. Cole. It was used for transporting sacks of grain and flour to and from the mill. The canvas cover for the wagon was made by Pedder of Luton, Bedfordshire, before 1914.
- Barge wagon
- From Home farm, Shotover park, Wheatley, Oxfordshire. It was donated by Major Mills whose family used the wagon. It was probably made by Cullum Ltd. of Wheatley c.1900.
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