Contains: Bills for sheep, lambs and meat sold at Northleach, Gloucestershire 1924; sale notice of Northfield Farm, Great Shefford, Berkshire 1937; valuations of farms and other properties occupied by G and H Wilson 1937.
FARMS IN BERKSHIRE, HAMPSHIRE AND WILTSHIRE COLLECTION
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- Dates of Creation1924-1937
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish.
- Physical Description4 documents
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The donor's grandfather bought land in 1906 for 8 an acre. He died in 1910, leaving thirteen children, and much land, although the family had little other wealth. Two of the children, Henry and George, formed a partnership to farm 12,000 acres. Three years after George's death in 1937, Henry's two sons, Harry and Andrew, entered the partnership. Harry's son took a course in agriculture at the University of Cambridge and Andrew's son now farms with his father.
Farm size etc: Shefford Farm, Great Shefford, Berkshire; Lower Farm, Beech Tree Hedge Farm, Puzzle Farm, Ilsley, Berkshire: 900 acres in all; Arlington Grange Farm, Arlington Grange: 160 acres; Crux Easton Farm, Crux Easton, Hampshire: 750 acres; Hilldrop Farm, Burney Farm, Pentico Farm, Park Farm, Noel Rudge Farm, Snapp Farm, Leigh Farm, Aldbourne, Wiltshire.
Arrangement
- ACCOUNTS
- CATALOGUES
- VALUATIONS
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Acquisition Information
Presented on permenent deposit 9 November 1966 by A.K. Wilson, (Farm Records Accession Number 45)
Note
Compiled by Caroline Gould, 28 April 2003
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