The volume is written in 'C & J Penny's London Almanack & Diary' for 1882. It is written in ink by a farmer's wife living and working in Herefordshire. Entries largely cover the day to day business of running a farm and buying and selling animals. The diary provides an insight into rural life at the end of the nineteenth century.
Diary of a Herefordshire farmer's wife
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- ReferenceGB 150 MS164
- Dates of Creation1882
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description1 volume
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Very little is known about the writer of the diary and her background. Internal evidence indicates that she was 53 years old in 1882 and her husband was 56 years old.
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Acquisition Information
Purchased July 2003
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Archivist's Note
Papers arranged and described by Mark Eccleston, September 2009.
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