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Account book, farm work (Stockbridge, Hampshire, 1816)
Senate House Library, University of London -- Special Collections
Overview
This manuscript volume details the weekly payments made to labourers, boys and women for work on what appears to be a Hampshire farm in 1816.
Detailed usage description
This manuscript volume details the weekly payments made to labourers, boys and women for work on what appears to be a Hampshire farm in 1816. The workers are named and the record of each payment is accompanied by a note describing the task(s) that had been undertaken that week.
The source would be very useful for research into agricultural history as the entries cover almost the entire year 1816. They detail the wide variety of tasks undertaken on the farm during the different seasons.
How to tell if the collection is useful
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More Information
The volume's catalogue number is MS 659. A collection level description of this collection is available on AIM25.
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Abstracting information
| Usage | Themes | Geographic area covered | Size of collection | Dates |
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Stockbridge, Hampshire |
Payments for work on one farm are listed. |
1816 |