Contains: Sales account book for a pamphlet written by William Henry Major 1912-1919; account book of Motcombe Estate, Yeovil, Somerset 1928-1932; account book of cottage rents from Crofton Hall, Crofton, Kent 1935-1951; account books of Boughton Place Estate, Boughton Monchelsea, Kent 1938-1941; account book of Share Farm, Hormonsden, Kent 1938-1939; account book of house and cottage rents from Margate, Kent 1939-1940; account book of a farm at Goudhurst, Kent 1940-1948; loose accounts relating mainly to payment of land tax 1930-1932; annual register of milk records for Ripple Farm, Westwell, Kent 1944-1945
BOUGHTON PLACE ESTATE, BOUGHTON MONCHELSEA, KENT, GOUDHURST, KENT, RIPPLE FARM, WESTWELL, ASHFORD, KENT, SHARE FARM, HORSMONDEN, KENT; MOTCOMBE ESTATE, YEOVIL, SOMERSET COLLECTION
This material is held atMuseum of English Rural Life
- Reference
- GB 7 FR KEN 8
- Dates of Creation
- 1912-1948
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English.
- Physical Description
- 11 documents
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The donors settled on their present site in about 1830. G.K. Benton farmed there and elsewhere, specialising in the purchase of low value derelict estates in, for example, Somerset and Northampton. His practice was to improve the properties and resell them
Arrangement
- BOOKS OF ACCOUNT
- REGISTERS
Access Information
Open for consultation
Acquisition Information
Presented on permanent loan 29 July 1966 by G.K. Beaton and Son, Ltd, (Farm Records Accession Number 304)
Note
Compiled by Caroline Gould, 27 February 2003
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