The Museum of English Rural Life
The Museum of English Rural Life (The MERL) reopened in October 2016 after a major redevelopment generously funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, Wellcome Trust, The Wolfson Foundation and others.
Discover what is new in the Museum, and how we're focusing on the people of rural England.
Filmed and edited by Motion Blurr Studios.
Hilary James 'Linden Lea' - Museum of English Rural Life (MERL www.reading.ac.uk/merl)
Hilary James folksong.co.uk sings William Barne's 'Linden Lea' to highlight a series of monthly concerts held in 2009 at The Museum of English Rural Life in Reading, Berkshire, England. reading.ac.uk/merl Music by Hilary James & Simon Mayor.
More information pattynanmedia.com
November 2019
Simon Mayor Mandolin Retreat (Fri 1st - Sun 3rd Nov)
Fri 1st to Sun 3rd Kenwood Hall Hotel Kenwood Road, Sheffield, Yorks S7 1NQ
Tel: 0118 9268615 More details coming soon
Simon Mayor & Hilary James
Sat 2. Kenwood Hall Hotel Kenwood Road, Sheffield, Yorks S7 1NQ
Tel: 0118 9268615 Tickets £12.00 -- 8:00 p.m
Simon Mayor & Hilary James
Sun 10. Oxenhall Village Hall, Kempley Rd, Oxenhall, Newent, Gloucestershire GL18 1RH
Tel: 01531 821354 Tickets £10.00 -- 7:30pm
Simon Mayor & Hilary James
Fri 15. Owen Street Community Arts Centre Owen St, Atherstone, Warwickshire CV9 1DG
Tel: 01827 713 634 Tickets £10.00 -- Doors 7:30pm
Simon Mayor & Hilary James
Sat 16. Millenium Hall, Marsh Farm, Dalbury Lees, Ashbourne, Derbyshire DE6 5BE
Tel: 01332 824 007 Tickets £12.00 -- Doors 7:30pm
Simon Mayor & Hilary James
Sun 17. East Lincolnshire Arts, Richmond School, Richmond Drive, Skegness, Lincolnshire PE25 3SH
Tel: 01754 881 176 Tickets £11.00 -- Doors 7:30pm
Simon Mayor & Hilary James
Sat 23, Lewes Folk Club/Mandolin Workshop
See website for full workshop details 10:00am-5:00pm
Simon Mayor & Hilary James
Sat 23, Lewes Folk Club Elephant and Castle White Hill, Lewes, East Sussex BN7 2DJ
Tel: 01273 476757 Tickets: £12.00 -- 8:00pm Evening performance.
Simon Mayor
Sun 24. Lewes Folk Club/Fiddle Workshop.
See website for full workshop details 10:45am-4:55pm
Simon Mayor & Hilary James - CHRISTMAS SPECIAL with Richard Collins and Phil Fentimen
Fri 29, Pearson Hall, Pearson Road, Sonning-on-Thames, Reading RG4 6UL
Tel: 0118 9268615 Tickets £15.00 -- 8:00pm
Slim Panatella & The Mellow Virginians Christmas Special
Simon Mayor, Hilary James and Richard Collins are joined by Phil Fentimen plus Andy Baum, and Andy Taylor
Sat 30. The Morrell Room, Church Lane, Streatley, RG8 9HT
Tel: 0118 9268615 Tickets £15.00 -- 8:00pm
Best Attractions & Things to do in Reading, England
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List of Best Things to do in Reading
Stanlake Park Wine Estate
Basildon Park
Kennet & Avon Canal
Silchester Roman City Walls and Amphitheatre
Caversham Court Gardens
The Museum of English Rural Life
Reading Museum
Beale Park
Wellington Country Park
Reading Station
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Situated 1.1 km from Madejski Stadium and 2.1 km from Museum of English Rural Life, Select Serviced Accommodation - Gweal Place offers accommodation in Reading. The apartment is 2.2 km from School of Systems Engineering, University of Reading.
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Hilary James - Linden Lea & Museum of English Rural Life 2010
Hilary James sings William Barne's 'Linden Lea' to highlight a series of monthly music concerts planned for 2010 at The Museum of English Rural Life in Reading, Berkshire, England. Music by Hilary James & Simon Mayor. More information pattynanmedia.com
November 2019
Simon Mayor Mandolin Retreat (Fri 1st - Sun 3rd Nov)
Fri 1st to Sun 3rd Kenwood Hall Hotel Kenwood Road, Sheffield, Yorks S7 1NQ
Tel: 0118 9268615 More details coming soon
Simon Mayor & Hilary James
Sat 2. Kenwood Hall Hotel Kenwood Road, Sheffield, Yorks S7 1NQ
Tel: 0118 9268615 Tickets £12.00 -- 8:00 p.m
Simon Mayor & Hilary James
Sun 10. Oxenhall Village Hall, Kempley Rd, Oxenhall, Newent, Gloucestershire GL18 1RH
Tel: 01531 821354 Tickets £10.00 -- 7:30pm
Simon Mayor & Hilary James
Fri 15. Owen Street Community Arts Centre Owen St, Atherstone, Warwickshire CV9 1DG
Tel: 01827 713 634 Tickets £10.00 -- Doors 7:30pm
Simon Mayor & Hilary James
Sat 16. Millenium Hall, Marsh Farm, Dalbury Lees, Ashbourne, Derbyshire DE6 5BE
Tel: 01332 824 007 Tickets £12.00 -- Doors 7:30pm
Simon Mayor & Hilary James
Sun 17. East Lincolnshire Arts, Richmond School, Richmond Drive, Skegness, Lincolnshire PE25 3SH
Tel: 01754 881 176 Tickets £11.00 -- Doors 7:30pm
Simon Mayor & Hilary James
Sat 23, Lewes Folk Club/Mandolin Workshop
See website for full workshop details 10:00am-5:00pm
Simon Mayor & Hilary James
Sat 23, Lewes Folk Club Elephant and Castle White Hill, Lewes, East Sussex BN7 2DJ
Tel: 01273 476757 Tickets: £12.00 -- 8:00pm Evening performance.
Simon Mayor
Sun 24. Lewes Folk Club/Fiddle Workshop.
See website for full workshop details 10:45am-4:55pm
Simon Mayor & Hilary James - CHRISTMAS SPECIAL with Richard Collins and Phil Fentimen
Fri 29, Pearson Hall, Pearson Road, Sonning-on-Thames, Reading RG4 6UL
Tel: 0118 9268615 Tickets £15.00 -- 8:00pm
Slim Panatella & The Mellow Virginians Christmas Special
Simon Mayor, Hilary James and Richard Collins are joined by Phil Fentimen plus Andy Baum, and Andy Taylor
Sat 30. The Morrell Room, Church Lane, Streatley, RG8 9HT
Tel: 0118 9268615 Tickets £15.00 -- 8:00pm
The Museum of English Rural Life Student Panel
Reading Museum, Reading UK
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Whispers of the Past ( LSU Rural Life Museum)
Introduction video for the LSU Rural Life Museum
Cobbett in Conversation: From Rural Rides to Nature Writing
William Cobbett was born in 1763 and went on to become a farmer, journalist and MP. He is best remembered for Rural Rides, an 1832 account of the southern English countryside. This conversation will revisit Rural Rides, examining his arguments against a 21st century backdrop of protectionism, free trade, industrialisation, urbanism, and Brexit. These same lenses will be used to draw connections between his work and that of today’s nature writers who chart and challenge the contemporary rural.
Robert McDowall is a former President of The Folklore Society. Nicola Chester contributes a regular Nature Notes column to Newbury Weekly News. She is widely published and has written for magazines, newspapers, and the RSPB. She was a contributor to a recent anthology on the Seasons (edited by Melissa Harrison) and is currently working on a book about nature, literature, landscape, and the idea of home.
Part of the Land and Folk seminar series
Unearthing the Hidden Stories of Soil
Join Dr Ollie Douglas, Curator of the Museum of English Rural Life Collections, as he unearths the hidden stories of soil in our collections.
Discovering Archives 2016
Assessed vlog for our Discovering Archives module 16/17!
This video explores the recent exhibition inside Reading Prison and the contribution of Reading’s local repositories, the Berkshire Records Office (BRO) and Museum of English Rural Life (MERL). The exhibition explores the prison’s history, from its Victorian origin to its recent closure in 2013. Through the efforts of artists and items from local archives, the prison’s history is brought alive and to the public. The video focuses on this aspect of the exhibition; taking the viewer inside both the prison, BRO and MERL.
If you’re interested in learning more, both the BRO and MERL’s catalogues are accessible online.
English Rural Tree
One of my old videos i found on my drive that i have only just found! I originally filmed this video in the English countryside, a few years ago.
Music used: Fields of Green by Per Kiilstofte
licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) (
Bygone Country Skills - Supporting MERL
I was invited to demonstrate my skills and display my produce of bowls, plates, spoons, knives, spreaders, kasas, boxes, shrink pots, pegs, flowers, thumb sticks, rakes and trugs, at the first Traditional Craft Fair to be held in the Museum of English Rural Life, Reading, Berkshire, England. I managed to produce this short video of my fellow artisans demonstrating their skills and displaying their wares.
The East Of England Show 2011 UK - People And Events - YouTube.flv
The East of England Show -- the rural life spectacular returned for 2011
The region's leading countryside and lifestyle show -- The East of England Show -- returned to the East of England Showground in Peterborough on 17th, 18th and 19th June 2011.
Protecting Rural England
Raising awareness of the threats against rural England, focusing on Housing, Litter and Tranquil areas. Thank you for watching.
New Reading Hotel
The New Reading Hotel is a finest and attractive BB in Reading UK. A well equipped, family run bed and breakfast with a 3 star rating and its own ample private car park, so each of our guests have FREE parking near the centre of Reading. The New Reading Hotel is located less than 20 minutes walk from Reading?s Top Shopping Center ?The Oracle?, Reading town centre and Museum of English Rural Life. With 16 spacious guest rooms (Ensuite and non-Ensuite),
Field and Rural Life find out more about the Countryside Education Trust
The Countryside Education Trust is a registered charity established in 1975 devoted to countryside education in all its varied forms. The CET's overall aim is to promote and operate courses, activities and facilities which enable children and adults to learn about, understand and care for the countryside drawing on the diverse resources of the New Forest and the Beaulieu Estate. Over the years the Trust has grown in stature and scope to become an organisation running a residential centre, a field studies centre, a farm and a community programme.
Friendiversary VLOG (Rural Life Museum)
So I’m not sure if this actually counts as a vlog, but I’ve got to start somewhere!! Hopefully they become more organized as I keep doing them. Me and my friends went to the Rural Life Museum to celebrate our one year friendiversary, and the result is this video!!
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English Rural Housing Association
English Rural Housing Association is one of the leading researchers and developers of affordable rural housing, and works with a variety of partners to tackle the housing problems affecting rural communities. This video showcases some of our work in Kent.
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Reading – A Local Guide by Premier Inn
From Reading Festival to the Museum of Rural Life, whatever the reason for your visit to Reading, our local guide is here to show you what makes the city special. There are great days out on your doorstep at attractions such as Reading Abbey, Beale Park, and Basildon Park. The Madejski stadium is the home of Reading FC and London Irish RFC. On top of that, you can take your pick from all manner of bars, pubs, clubs and live music venues.
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