About Us

The family farm spans across part of the Romney Marsh and the adjacent escarpment of Aldington and Bonnington in Kent. The Romney Sheep has been in the family for at least six generations, possible more, our current numbers are 1,000 ewes lambing in the traditional season of March and April. The Romney Sheep are an important part of our modern farming system, grazing clover rich pastures and forming an essential role in our arable rotation.
As Romney wool is considered to be one of the most versatile fleeces I decided to look for areas of diversification within this sphere. My wife and I set up an exciting diversification project to have our fleeces transformed. We take our fleeces down to Wales where a small weaver hand processes, then spins and weaves our yarn into beautiful knee rugs and throws which have a unique quality attributable to the Romney Sheep. With some of our cream wool we have mixed other naturally coloured native yarn to allow for varied design, colour and texture.

History of the Romney Breed

The Romney or the Kent sheep is a "longwool" sheep and was recognised as a breed in England by 1800. Since the thirteenth century or possible earlier, the Romney sheep have been a familiar site on their indigenous area of the Romney Marsh. The Romney sheep provided the foundation for the English woollen industry which was the most important export commodity in the middle ages. Their long but dense fleece was highly prized, leading to widespread wool smuggling. Exported to other continents, the Romney is the world's second most economically important sheep breed and are what is known as a dual purpose breed, bred both for wool and meat. In the late years of the twentieth century they fell from favour pushed aside by more intensive farming methods and breeds. With the current change in the agricultural system they have once again established their place in the twenty first century farming. They are efficient grazers and give a good return on meat and wool.