Contains: Account books of Halfway Farm Kintbury, Berkshire 1920-1945
HALFWAY FARM, KINTBURY, BERKSHIRE COLLECTION
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- ReferenceGB 7 FR BER 14
- Dates of Creation1920-1945
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish.
- Physical Description16 documents
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The family of the donor originally owned a milling business at Greenham, co. Berks. The donor's grandfather took over Halfway Farm in 1883. His father assumed the holding in 1920 and the donor himself became a partner in 1941. During the period between the wars, the estate eased the effect of the depression by levying low rents and undertaking repairs. A dairy section was introduced in the early 1920's. The farm buildings are (July 1966) generally good, mainly because they were largely rebuilt after a barn fire in about 1890.
Farm size 1920-1936: 330 acres; mixed soils (gravel, chalk and yellow clay); 1936 onwards; 396 acres tenants to Suttons Estate; before 1900 tenants to the Houblon family
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Acquisition Information
Presented on permanent deposit October 1965 by W. Allen, (Farm Records Accessionnumber 34)
Note
Compiled by Caroline Gould, January 2003
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