DRACOTT MOOR FARM : KINGSTON BAGPUIZE : CO. BERKS; EASTROP FARM : HIGHWORTH : SWINDON : CO. WILTS; SHOPNOLLER FARM : BAGBOROUGH : CO. SOMERSET

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1917-1933

The donor's family moved from Bagborough, co. Somerset in 1917. The donor took possession of Dracott Moor Farm, Kingston Bagpuize in 1926 and survived the worst years of the depression by breaking, breeding and selling horses, although in the first year he made a loss of over £900. His landlord, St. John's College, Oxford, reduced his annual rent by £100 and gave him other assistance. The donor left Dracott Moor Farm in 1933 to take Eastrop farm, which his father had previously occupied. The family now controls three farms in the district with a total acreage of 1500 acres Farm size, etc. Dracott Moor Farm : 480 acres; tenant to St. Johns College, Oxford; Eastrop Farm : 633 acres; tenant to St. John's College, Oxford; Shopnoller Farm : 380 acres; tenant

Milk account book, sale catalogues of stock etc, milk contracts, inventories and valuations

4 Series

fonds

Swindon, Milk

Summary of classes 1 BOOKS OF ACCOUNT 2 CATALOGUES 3 CONTRACTS 4 VALUATIONS