Consists of farm account book for Coton Hall Farm, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, includes ledger accounts of income and expenditure on house, farm, labour and other items; cropping records 1752-1765; inventories of live and dead farming stock 1745-1765; agreement by Lancelot LEE for leasing Coton Hall Farm to William CLARE for 3 years at a rent of 90 per annum: 1748 June 13; expenditure on threshing, cattle and other livestock, labour, hedging, threshing, ditching and personal items; a catalogue of books at Coton Hall: 1813 July 14 Creation dates: 1744-1769
COTON HALL FARM, BRIDGNORTH, SHROPSHIRE
This material is held atMuseum of English Rural Life
- Reference
- GB 7 FR SAL 5
- Dates of Creation
- 1744-1769
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English.
- Physical Description
- 1 vol
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Coton Hall and Farm were about five miles south of Bridgnorth and one mile north of Aveley, Shropshire. During the Second World War it was used as a military asylum
Access Information
Available for consultation
Acquisition Information
Accession number 451
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