Accounts Books of the Blacksmiths at Stoke Lyne, Oxfordshire

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 161 MSS. Top. Oxon. b. 278-81, c. 705-16
  • Dates of Creation
      1823-1947
  • Language of Material
      English.
  • Physical Description
      16 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Account Books of Alexander Kirby, George Kirby and Joseph Hillsdon, successively blacksmiths at Stoke Lyne, consisting of:  

  • Customers' accounts, 1823-86, 1937-46
  • Day books, 1868-77, 1932-47

Administrative / Biographical History

Alexander Kirby, George Kirby and Joseph Hillsden were blacksmiths at Stoke Lyne, Oxfordshire.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

The account books were given to the Library in 1958.

Note

Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

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