Object number
51/191
Collection
Exhibition
Description
Cosh used for self defence by a farmer when he farmed a stretch of land between Brill and Long Crendon. Made of plaited cane with lead ends.
This cosh was used for self defence by a farmer who put it under his pillow every night when he farmed a lonely stretch of land between Brill and Long Crendon in Buckinghamshire. It is made of plaited cane with lead ends.
Physical description
1 cosh; cane, cord and metal [lead]; good condition
Label Text
Cosh. Working alone and in remote locations can magnify risks on the farm. This cosh was used for self-defence by a farmer on a lonely stretch of land between Brill and Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire. He placed it under his pillow every night. 51/191.
Archival history
MERL 'Catalogue index' card – 'Mr. Massingham writes ‘The grandfather of the farmer at Long Crendon, Bucks, who gave me this old life-preserver, was a dairyman to a Brill farmer whose father put it under his pillow every night when he farmed a very lonely stretch of land between Brill and Long Crendon’. // It is made of plaited cane with lead ends. The lead is bound round with thin cord. It is 12” long.', MERL list / description [Massingham Collection, October 1989] – 'ACC. NO.: 51/191 // NAME: COSH // NEG NO.: 35/669 // STORAGE: '
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\35 series negatives\Scans\35_43.tif - High resolution image
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\35 series negatives\Scans\35_669.tif - High resolution image
