Step-A- Side Farm
Step-A- Side Farm
Nowadays, people sometimes think this name is something to do with set-aside. Its not though – its more literal.
Theres a brook barely 50 yards from the front door of this Shropshire farmhouse. And, while it now runs under the roadway, many years ago it probably ran across what was then
the roadway.
"So, for people to gain access to the farm, they had to literally step aside," says Jill Owen, who lives at the house at Onibury with her husband Philip.
The dairy farm – which is now run with the couples son David – is part of the Stokesay Court Estate and was first connected with Jills family when her grandfather took on the tenancy.
"People think its obvious when you tell them – but we do get asked a lot about the name," she says.