STONEGATE AND SOUTH EAST FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD

Scope and Content

Consists of pamphlet about the society 1947

Access Information

Available for consultation

Acquisition Information

The society was registered under the Industrial and Friendly Societies Act in 1926, for the purpose of retailing eggs in the Tunbridge Wells area. By 1947 it had become the largest co-operative egg packing society in the country, with packing stations at Stonegate, Newick and Wye, and a head office opened in Wadhurst in 1941.

Note

Compiled by Zoe Watson, April 2004

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

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Geographical Names