WOLVERLEY LODGE FARM : WEM : CO. SALOP

FR SAL 8

1868-c1970

The donor's great grandfather was a Berkshire carrier. One of his sons, Joseph Harper, (1803 - 1887) who was a blacksmith, took possession of Wolverley Lodge Farm after his marriage in 1835. His son, Samuel (1845 - 1935) became the tenant in 1876 and remained in possession until the early thirties. The farm was a dairy farm Farm size, etc. 71 acres; clay soil; tenant-farmed

Farm account book, family history notes, Sundry papers

3 series

Wem, Agriculture