Object number
65/143
Creator
Description
Billhooks are used in hedging and coppice work, and they vary greatly from region to region. This billhook has a wooden handle and a steel blade marked 'W. Gilpin // Wedges Mill' and 'Solid Steel'. It also bears the number '6' or '9'. The billhook had belonged to a hurdle-maker named Holdway, who died in 1965 aged 80.
Physical description
1 billhook: metal, wood
Archival history
MERL ‘Handwritten catalogue’ form – ‘HOOK 65/141 // HOOK 65/142 // BILL HOOK 65/143 // Crafts – Wood – Gate Hurdles // ... // (After Cleaning) – Marked:– // W. GILPIN // WEDGES MILL // [pencil drawing].'
Production place
Wedges Mill
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Material
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_8312.tif - High resolution image
