Consists of balance sheet and profit and loss accounts 1902-1907
TEMPLE FARM, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, ESSEX, MALGRAVES FARM, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, ESSEX
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- Dates of Creation1902-1907
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish.
- Physical Description2 documents
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Administrative / Biographical History
The donor's family moved from Ayrshire to Broomhills Farm, Billericay, Essex in 1889. In 1898, Temple Farm was taken over: a large market garden was established and milk supplied to Southend. Later the family acquired additional agricultural interests. During the First World War, Steel and Howard founded Howard's Dairies. An interest was also purchased in Garons, a large Southend store
Farm size Temple Farm: 400 acres; loams; tenants to the Taber family; Malgraves Farm: about 200 acres; clays and loams
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Acquisition Information
Presented on permanent deposit 1966, accession number 78
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