Contains: Records of Pool Farm: Account book 1911-1922; analysis book of purchases and expenses 1922-1926; analysis book of receipts and sales 1922-1926; analysis books of receipts or sales/purchases and expenses 1927-1938; milk production register 1934-1940; valuation list for Puriton, Somerset made under the authority of the Union Assessment Committee Act of 1862, 1879
The POOL FARM, PURITON, SOMERSET COLLECTION
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- Dates of Creation1879, 1911 - 1940
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish.
- Physical Description7 documents
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Pool Farm has now (June 1966) been split up and built over. Only the farm house is at present owned by the donor's family. The donor, son of a carpenter and builder and the grandson of W.C. House, is a student at Reading University
Farm size etc. In 1911 about 154.5 acres; owner occupied
Arrangement
- BOOKS OF ACCOUNT
- REGISTERS
- VALUATIONS
Access Information
Open for consultation
Acquisition Information
Presented on permanent loan 11 January 1966 by W.R. Hanham per National Agricultural Advisory Service, Bristol, Gloucester (Farm Records Accession Number 354)
Note
Compiled by Caroline Gould, 24 April 2003
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