Collection falls in two parts. One are oral histories of people from Norfolk and Suffolk about their lives. The second are interviews with retired railway workers about their experiences, excerpts of which were used in a radio programme called, "The Last of Their Line", broadcast in the late 1960's.
Peter Handford; 1919-2007; sound recordist; Wickham Skeith, Suffolk
Farm Account Book of F. Cubitt
Farm account book for unidentified farm.
F. Cubitt; fl 1951-1952; farmer
Records of Eastern Counties Farmers Ltd.
Weight books, stock books, advice notes, sack and cash receipts, recipe books and rough calculations.
Eastern Counties Farmers Ltd; 1935-1941
Records of Alfred George Fickling of College Farm and Top Farm, Thompson, Farmer
Farm and household receipts.
Alfred George Fickling; 1925-1928; farmer; Thompson, Norfolk
Records of Warman and Sons, of Ashwellthorpe, Farmers and Market Traders
Ledger and cash books.
Warman and Sons; 1921-1945; farmers and market traders; Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk
Sale particular for Wretham Estate
Schedules of 6609 acres of freehold, manorial, agricultural, and sporting domain for sale by auction at the Mart, Tokenhouse Yard, E.C. on 18 July 1910.
Includes photographic illustrations of the entrance to Cornell's Wood, the gamekeeper's cottage, the West Mere (and the catch of Mr Tillott at said mere), the Rock Gardens and church ruins, the Rose Walk, the resident agent's house, the gardener's cottage, the Manor house, the woodlands at Cornell's Wood, the old church at Wretham, a view into the village, the Forest cottage, and Smoker's Hole cottages. Plus advowson and Lordship of the Manor of East and West Wretham.
Knight, Frank and Rutley; fl 1920s; auctioneers and estate agents; London
Business records of Douglas Baker, Marsh Farm, Burnham Overy, farmer
Weekly farm accounts books. Marsh Farm was 100a. farm of arable and pasture on the Holkham estate; the land is no longer farmed as a separate unit.
Douglas Baker; fl 1908-1931; farmer; Burnham Overy, Norfolk
Records of John Field, farmer, Bintry, Norfolk
Including valuation of stock and accounts.
John Field; 1885-fl 1908; farmer; Rochdale, Lancashire, Bintree, Norfolk
Account and Farm account books.
Mill Farm; 1901-1908; Wells next the Sea, Norfolk
Property papers and sale particulars for the Gissing estate
Abstracts of title, conveyances, and other deeds 1923-1952, Sir Kenneth Kemp, baronet to H.C. Cragg esq.
Photocopy of 1923 sale catalogue for the estate, sold by Sir Kenneth Kemp, baronet.
Sir Kenneth Hagar Kemp; 1853-1936; 12th Baronet, lawyer, soldier, banker, cricketer
Records of J.R.E. Draper of Wroxham, Estate Agent, Auctioneer, Valuer, Surveyor and Farmer
Office ledger, office cash book and Langham estate accounts.
J.R. Draper; 1900-1954; estate agent, auctioneer, valuer, surveyor, farmer; Wroxham, Norfolk
Farming Diaries and Account Books of Mr E.S. Buck, Sycamore Farm, Raveningham
Farming diaries and account books of Sycamore Farm, Raveningham.
E.S. Buck; fl 1895-1955; farmer; Raveningham, Norfolk
Records of W. Peeke Vout, builder and farmer, Caston
Personal papers including round books, customer accounts, note book , customers' contracts ledger, receipts, estimates and other related papers.
W. Peake-Vout; fl 1891-1912; builder, farmer; Caston, Norfolk
Farming Records of the Fisher family at Avoca, near Durban, South Africa, Letheringsett and Gunton
The main record is in the series of Farm Labour Books, which include subsidiary accounts, crop records, stock lists etc. and a detailed weather log, and between whose pages business and some family correspondence, vouchers, official circulars, trade literature etc. are preserved. Similar enclosures are found in the cash books.
The Farm Labour Books are printed by Webb 1897/8, 1901/2, 1911, 1914/15, Fletcher 1898/9, 1913/14, Wright 1899/1900, 1900/1, Jarrold 1902/3-1904/5, 1905/6-1909/10 and 1912, and King 1923. The rest between 1916 and 1939 are Webb's as printed by Jarrold and after 1943 they bear the name of Jarrold alone.
Fisher family; 1887-1968; farmers; Avoca, South Africa, Letheringsett and Gunton, Norfolk
Farming Records of Mr R.H. Fox of Antingham
Farming records and other miscellaneous items including newspapers.
R. H. Fox; fl 1940; farmer; Antingham, Norfolk