THE LEYS, QUAINTON, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

Scope and Content

Consists of farm account book which includes weekly butter prices, weekly wheat and bread prices, constables accounts; churchwarden's accounts, miscellaneous household and farm accounts, farming notes 1794-1806

Administrative / Biographical History

The Bunting family, mentioned in the accounts, kept the village shop at Quainton, Buckinghamshire. Its financial success enabled them to take up farming and to purchase other village properties

Access Information

Available for consultation

Acquisition Information

Presented on permanent loan 1966 May 20 by J.W. Shirley (Acc no 55)

Other Finding Aids

A detailed catalogue is available at the Museum of English Rural Life

Conditions Governing Use

Please contact the Archivist

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