MANOR FARM, CLOSWORTH RECORDS

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Repository	Somerset Heritage Centre
Reference number	A/AIW
Description	A small collection of material relating to Manor Farm, Closworth, near Yeovil. This was occupied by John Dampney from at least 1881 until his death in 1891. He was born in Winterhays, Dorset, c 1818, but by 1850 had moved to Ilminster when his son John was born. He had seven other children born there and his youngest child, Henry, born 1864, succeeded him in the tenancy of the farm where he remained until his death in 1950 aged 86 years.
Date	1876-1960
Extent	12 volumes
Access status	Open
Level	Collection

Account book containing some one line diary entries but mainly consisting of banking account, rabbits caught, killed and sold, purchase and sale of animals and crops; 1919 list of employees with ages. Account book containing note of beasts bought and sold, crops and roots sown, seeds bought, dairy account, cake bought for feed, manure bought, banking account. Account book containing note of animals bought 1923-1950 and sold, crops planted, animal feed bought, 1902-10; accounts of securities and investments, 1923-50. Account book containing record of 'various events'. Cash account book, 1922-1923, with value of live and dead stock, 1921-1922. Account book containing note of animals sold, feed bought, dairy account, veterinary bills, rabbits, poultry and eggs sold, labourers' wages, and balance sheet for 1932. Account book containing notes of livestock bought and sold, feed bought, veterinary bill and medicine, repairs to machinery and machinery bought, and wages, alternate years, 1952-1960. Daily diary of work on farm January-March 1919, with valuation of dead stock 1920, 1921, and tradesmen's bills, 1921. Daily diary of farm work with note on weather conditions, list of stock and plan of farm with field names. Daily dairy of farm work with note of weather conditions. Minutes of the Yetminster Fair Committee with schedules of prizes and winners in each class. Arithmetic book of H[enry] Dampney at Kingston School, Yeovil.