BRITONS FARM : HORNCHURCH : CO. ESSEX; MOOR HALL : AVELEY : CO. ESSEX; TUNNEL FARM : WEST THURROCK : CO. ESSEX; UPHAVERING FARM : HORNCHURCH : CO. ESSEX

FR ESS 8

1880-1941

The donor's family moved to Tunnel Farm in 1880 from the Barnstable area of Co. Devon, where they had held about 320 acres either as owner-occupiers or as tenants. They were induced to move by the collapse of tin prices and by the attraction of cheap land. A strong evangelical tradition in the family led them to found local churches, which presumably absorbed considerable surplus capital

Accounts, cropping books, labour books and valuations

5 Series

Hinton Parva, West Thurrock, Aveley, Agriculture