Object number
68/375
Description
A mud spade, with iron plates fixed to the top of the blade. This spade was used on Gorrells Farm, Chelmsford, Essex for drainage digging.
This is a wooden mud spade, with iron plates fixed to the top of the blade. This spade was used on Gorrells Farm, Chelmsford, Essex for drainage digging.
Physical description
1 mud spade: wood; metal; good condition
Archival history
MERL ‘Handwritten Catalogue’ form - ‘SPADE (MUD) // DRAINIAGE digging manual // F. J. Hornsnell, Chelmsford, Essex // Wood Iron. Used on Gorrels Farm [pencil drawing]'
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