Consists of a diary entitled 'Young Mr Peter Pownall's Farm Diary', the entries cease on 1789; thereafter the diary becomes an account book, giving entries for harvest labour 1796-1810, receipts and expenditure 1806-1808 and sales of farm produce 1799-1815 1782-1815
FARM AT POWNALL GREEN, BRAMHALL, CHESTER
This material is held atMuseum of English Rural Life
- Reference
- GB 7 FR CHE 1
- Dates of Creation
- 1782-1815
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English.
- Physical Description
- 1 document
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Peter Pownall, keeper of the diary and accounts described, belonged to a well-known Cheshire family. He appears to have owned land in several parts of the county, and undertook a wide range of agricultural activities including market gardening, dairying and stockraising. He was probably related to Thomas Pownall (1722-1805), politician and antiquary and sometime Governor of Massachusetts, the farm was owner-occupier
Access Information
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Acquisition Information
Purchased in 1957 November from R.C. Hatchwell (Acc no 146)
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