Yorkshire’s farming community was celebrated at Ripon Cathedral on Plough Sunday with the Cathedral’s traditional service. 
The service, held in conjunction with the Yorkshire Agricultural Society, continues a tradition dating back to the Middle Ages when the ploughs were blessed and prayers offered for God’s continuing providence.
This was continued this year with Bishop Helen-Ann Hartley, Bishop of Ripon, blessing a ploughshare during the service, and was attended by some 250 people.
The Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire, Mrs Johanna Ropner, representing Her Majesty the Queen, attended the service and also gave an address.
Mrs Ropner is pictured with the Very Revd John Dobson, Dean of the Cathedral, and Bishop Helen-Ann.
James Johnson, a farmer who works near Mallard Grange, just outside Ripon, also gave an address.
The service was featured on BBC Look North and BBC Look North East and Cumbria and in the Yorkshire Post.
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