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CHURCH FARM : CHURCH KNOWLE : CORFE CASTLE : CO. DORSET; BLACKMANSTON FARM : STEEPLE...

Catalogue reference: DOR 1

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This record is about the CHURCH FARM : CHURCH KNOWLE : CORFE CASTLE : CO. DORSET; BLACKMANSTON FARM : STEEPLE... dating from 1898 - 1951.

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DOR 1

Title

CHURCH FARM : CHURCH KNOWLE : CORFE CASTLE : CO. DORSET; BLACKMANSTON FARM : STEEPLE : CORFE CASTLE : CO. DORSET

Date

1898 - 1951

Description

Farm records of Church Farm, Church, Knowle and Blackmaston Farm, Steeple, Corfe Castle, Dorset

Arrangement

1 BOOKS OF ACCOUNT

2 LEASES

3 VALUATIONS

Held by

Museum of English Rural Life

Originals held at

The original manuscripts were sent back to the donor in December 1978. The collection now consists of xerox copies.

Language

English

Creator(s)

<famname>Braisby family of Dorset</famname>

Physical description

3 series

Immediate source of acquisition

Presented on permanent deposit 1966 March 16 by J.S. Braisby, (Acc. no. 64)

Administrative / biographical background

The donor's father came from Whitgift, co. York with his uncle and aunt, who, having retired from ropemaking and inn-keeping in co. York, took over Church Farm at Church Knowle, co. Dorset. After his uncle's death, the donor's father carried on Church Farm and moved to Blackmanston Farm, Steeple, co. Dorset, in 1898

Farm size etc. Blackmanston Farm 382 acres; mixed clay and heavy loam, thin and rocky on full slopes; tenants to Major Mansell

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