THAME, OXFORDSHIRE

Scope and Content

Consists of farm account book of a farm near Thame, Oxfordshire unsystematic; includes general receipts and disbursements, labour payments, recipes, prescriptions, memoranda, assessments for window tax, notes on the history of Thame, Oxfordshire; at the rear is an account of money lent 1742-1866

Administrative / Biographical History

For some time before 1816 the farm was apparently held by William Burnam. In the 1830's it seems to have been in the occupation of Samuel Fuller. Farm size was probably small, owner-occupier

Access Information

Available for consultation

Acquisition Information

Accession number 345

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

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Geographical Names