The SHELLEY WOOD HOUSE, SHELLEY, KIRKBURTON, YORKSHIRE; HEALEY FARM, SHELLEY, KIRKBURTON, YORKSHIRE COLLECTION

This material is held atMuseum of English Rural Life

Reference
- GB 7 FR YOR 8
Dates of Creation
- 1897 - 1907
Name of Creator
- Rhodes family of Kirkburton, Yorkshire
Language of Material
- English.
Physical Description
- 10 documents

Scope and Content

Contains: Account book of contract work and farm diary 1901-1907; farm account book and farm diary for lime, manure, hay, straw and feeding stuffs 1901-1907; farm account book of receipts and payments including income from dairy produce 1901-1906; tillage and cropping book including right of Healey Farm, Shelley, Yorkshire 1904-1907; farm diary giving a record of butter production 1904-1907; map of Healey Farm, c1907; notebook of veterinary recipes c1897; notice of intention to quit Shelley Wood House Farm, 1903; notice of intention to quit Healey Farm, 1906; newspaper cuttings on agricultural topics c 1906

Administrative / Biographical History

The donor's father, Ellis Rhodes, the son of a mining engineer, was born at New Mill, near Huddersfield, in 1872. He farmed at Shelley Wood House until 1904 when he took possession of Healey Farm. Three years later, when Healey Farm was relinquished, he was killed while working as the Deputy Manager of a local colliery. The donor after extra-mural study at Leeds University, became an instructor at the Sussex Institute of Agriculture and subsequently joined the National Agricultural Advisory Service.

Farm size etc: Shelley Wood House: unknown; Healey Farm: c.30 acres; tenant of John Priestley.