Part of the free ThatchFinder Thatching Library. A growing archive of old photographs, newspaper and magazine clippings, postcards and book plates showing thatch and the heritage crafts around it. Every image is credited to its source, with its date, place and rights noted. Tap any image to see it larger.
Thatched houses, pubs, farms and churches, thatchers at work, ricks and reed beds.
Newspaper and magazine cuttings, adverts, postcards, posters and old book plates.
Basket makers, smiths, weavers, beekeepers, wheelwrights and other country crafts.
A picture of a grandparent's cottage, a parish hall, a local thatcher. Tell us who, where and when.
Every image you share is credited to you here, with a link to your website or blog if you like. Thank you.
Our first images come from public domain books in the ThatchFinder Library. Tap one to see its source.
