Title
BARFORD FARM : WIMBORNE : CO. DORSET; DROVE BARN FARM : TARRANT GUNVILLE : CO. DORSET; LAUNCESTON FARM : TARRANT LAUNCESTON : CO. DORSET; MIDDLE FARM : FONTMELL : CO. DORSET; WEST MONKTON FARM : TARRANT MONKTON : CO. DORSET
Reference
FR DOR 5
Production date
1828 - 1938
Creator
Creator History
The donor's family has long been established in farming in the Wimborne area of co. Dorset. The family is thought originally to have come from Ireland in the late 18th or early 19th centuries, and turned to agriculture after some years in the milling business
Farm size etc.
Size unknown, but can be assessed from the records; soils generally chalk and medium loam; tenants to J.J. Farquharson
Scope and Content
Records of various farms in Dorset
Extent
7 series
Level of description
fonds
Content person
Content Subject
System of arrangment
1 BOOKS OF ACCOUNT
2 CATALOGUES
3 LABOUR BOOKS
4 LEASES
5 RATE BOOKS
6 VALUATIONS
7 SUNDRY PAPERS