Information and pictures about Bishopstrow Farm, Bishopstrow.
Friday 2nd January 2026
Danny Howell writes:
I saw a big flock (or should that be a deceit) of lapwings at Bishopstrow Farm late afternoon today. I loved watching them in their erratic bouts of flight over Bridge Park, Dairy Field and the Gully Field, turning and tumbling, their white parts glinting in the winter sunshine. A wonderful sight.
Wednesday 22nd October 2025
Laurence John Rice, known as Lock Rice, sadly passed away peacefully at the Royal United Hospital, Bath, on 30th September 2025, aged 81.
He farmed at Bishopstrow Farm, Bishopstrow, for nearly 60 years. He also farmed at Quebec Farm,
A loving husband, father and grandfather, loved by all his family and friends. He will be remembered always.
A funeral service will be held at St. John’s Church, Boreham Road, Warminster, on Tuesday 28th October 2025, at 11.00 a.m., followed by a private family cremation at the West Wiltshire Crematorium, Semington. Family flowers only but donations to benefit Parkinson’s UK and the Wiltshire & Bath Air Ambulance can be made c/o F. Curtis & Son, Funeral Directors, 11 Portway, Warminster.
Sunday 28th September 2025
A view across 70 Acres, Bishopstrow Farm,
to Middle Hill, Bishopstrow.
Photograph taken by Danny Howell
on Sunday 28th September 2025.
Sunday 23rd September 2018
 View from Morgan’s Drove, Boreham,
across Long Close
(a field of Bishopstrow Farm),
to Scratchbury Hill, Norton Bavant.
 Photographs taken by Danny Howell
on Sunday 23rd September 2018.
Friday 10th August 2018
 View from Morgan’s Drove, Boreham,
across Long Close, Bishopstrow Farm,
to Scratchbury Hill, Norton Bavant.
Photograph taken by Danny Howell
on Friday 10th August 2018.
Monday 6th August 2018
The Bourne Ditch between Bridge Park
and Dairy Field, Bishopstrow Farm.
Photograph taken by Danny Howell
on Monday 6th August 2018.
Thursday 2nd August 2018
Maize in Dairy Field, Bishopstrow Farm.
 Photographs taken by Danny Howell
on Thursday 2nd August 2018.
Saturday 26th May 2018
 The view across Dairy Field,
Bishopstrow Farm, Bishopstrow.
 Photographs taken by Danny Howell
on Saturday 26th May 2018.
Monday 23rd April 2018
 A view to Bishopstrow Farm and Bishopstrow,
from Middle Hill.
 Photographs taken by Danny Howell
on Monday 23rd April 2018.
Friday 13th January 2017
 Bishopstrow Farmhouse, Bishopstrow
with a light dusting of snow.
 Photographs taken by Danny Howell
on Friday 13th January 2017.
