Fonds
OWLETTS FARM : COBHAM : CO. KENT; GESKYNS FARM : COBHAM : CO. KENT
Catalogue reference: KEN 3
What’s it about?
This record is about the OWLETTS FARM : COBHAM : CO. KENT; GESKYNS FARM : COBHAM : CO. KENT dating from 1760-1836.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- KEN 3
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Title (The name of the record)
- OWLETTS FARM : COBHAM : CO. KENT; GESKYNS FARM : COBHAM : CO. KENT
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1760-1836
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Description (What the record is about)
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Diary of Richard Hayes and map of farms in Cobham
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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1 DIARIES
2 MAPS
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Museum of English Rural Life
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <famname>Hayes family of Cobham, Kent</famname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2 documents
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Presented on photocopy loan 1966 June 4 by H.E. Baker, (Acc. no. 101)
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Hayes family were long- established Kentish yeoman. Owletts Farm was built about 1773. The estate passed from the Hayes family to the Baker family by marriage. Most of the land was sold in the 1890s, except for Owlett's and a few acres which are now in the hands of the National Trust, with Mr. H.E.Baker still in residence. A detailed history of the Hayes family is provided by ARNOLD, Ralph. Yeoman of Kent : an account of Richard Hayes, 1725-1790, and of the village of Cobham in which he lived and farmed. Constable, 1949. The diary extracts were used for this work. Other manuscript evidence used appears to have been lost or destroyed.
Farm size etc.
Owletts Farm: 259 acres in 1834; Geskyns Farm: 356 acres in 1834; chalk; owner occupied
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/9c36e62f-4104-4e5c-b791-9f419a2b166e/
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OWLETTS FARM : COBHAM : CO. KENT; GESKYNS FARM : COBHAM : CO. KENT