Jacob ran the farm into the ground, drinking away its profits. The badly-maintained farm's future looked bleak when it was passed on to Jacob's son Jack upon the former's death. The farmhouse was written out of the series in the early 1990s.[1] Local public house, The Woolpack, "is the heart of the community."[2] Home Farm is a sprawling mansion in Emmerdale; it was first introduced on-screen as Miffield Hall in 1973 and was renamed in 1978.[3] Other locales include a factory and a bed-and-breakfast.[2]