St. Katharine's Farm, Eastville: Accounts and correspondence

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Add.8109
  • Dates of Creation
      1810-1870
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      2 archive box(es) 2 boxes

Scope and Content

The collection contains account books relating to the operations of St Katherine's Farm. There are books listing sums inwards and outwards, 1819-1829; the debit and credit of Samuel Tusting, 1821-1870; and the account current, 1819-1823, and sums outwards, 1819-1821, of Thomas Clater. These papers are supplemented by bundles and loose papers, 1805-1852, comprised of financial records, such as additional accounts, bills, receipts, cheques, and details of pay and expenditure; building plans; leases; records of operations; details of stocks and shares; and plans for a threshing machine.

Access Information

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Acquisition Information

Transferred from the Department of Applied Biology, Cambridge, 1975.

Other Finding Aids

A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.