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Royal Agricultural Society of England

Catalogue reference: SR RASE

What’s it about?

This record is about the Royal Agricultural Society of England dating from 1793 - 1960.

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Full description and record details

Reference

SR RASE

Title

Royal Agricultural Society of England

Date

1793 - 1960

Description

The records consist essentially of the archive of the Old Board of Agriculture 1793 - 1822, and the archive of the Royal Agricultural Society from 1838 - 196-.

The Old Board material is not extensive but contains a valuable run of minutes, including those recorded by Arthur Young while Secretary of the Board. The Royal Agricultural Society's records, on the other hand, are both detailed and fairly complete. They include, for example, minutes, reports on proceedings of Council and Committees, lists of members and correspondence, accounts, legal papers, social and personal ephemera.

Held by
Museum of English Rural Life
Language

English

Creator(s)
<corpname>Royal Agricultural Society of England</corpname>
Physical description

53 series

Immediate source of acquisition

Deposited in August 1973. The material is held by the University of Reading on permanent loan.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/0b8ad6f4-851f-4b6a-bb0a-ad617971bdb3/

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Royal Agricultural Society of England