WICKCROFT FARM, ENGLEFIELD, BERKSHIRE, PARK FARM, WALLINGFORD, BERKSHIRE, SOUTHEND FARM, BRADFIELD, BERKSHIRE COLLECTION

Scope and Content

Contains: Correspondence relating to Park Farm, Wallingford, Berkshire 1915-1932; accounts for feeding stuffs purchased for Park Farm 1909-1911; account for the sale of Park Farm 1932; account for the valuation of Park Farm 1932; account for inspecting and taking inventory of Southend Farm 1932; sale catalogue of live and dead farming stock of Wickcroft Farm 1896 and Park Farm 1931; lease of Southend Farm 1931; sketch map of Park Farm 1912; map of Park Farm 1913; experimental account book of George Wiltshire Davies, Park Farm 1911-1938; cropping register 1894-1932; report of the judges of a farm competition organised by Abingdon Agricultural Society 1909; valuation of hay and straw tillages etc, Park Farm 1931; papers concerning cultivation at Southend Farm c1932

Administrative / Biographical History

Farm size: Park Farm 125 - 130 acres; loams; tenant- occupied

Arrangement

1 CORRESPONDENCE

2 ACCOUNTS

3 CATALOGUES

4 LEASES

5 MAPS

6 NOTE BOOKS

7 REGISTERS

8 REPORTS

9 VALUATIONS

10 SUNDRY PAPERS

Access Information

Open for consultation

Acquisition Information

Presented on permanent deposit 1965 December by E.C. Davies, (Farm Records Accession number 39)

Note

Compiled by Caroline Gould, January 2003

Other Finding Aids

A detailed catalogue is available at the Museum of English Rural Life

Conditions Governing Use

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Subjects