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The Last Market Gardener, Newsletter No 8, April 2012

Description

Quarterly Badsey Society Heritage Lottery Fund Last Market Gardener Project newsletter distributed to the whole parish. Information on our growing collection of archive documents and museum items. Contains a profile of a market gardening family, the Hartwell family, originally from Ebrington. Article on development of Willersey Road, formerly parts of which were known as Three Ways; Wickhamford Road; The Green and Bully Brook Lane. In 1888 four plots of land were sold to the same family: Charles, Theodore James and Owen Joseph Hall plus Joseph’s brother-in-law Henry Keen and they all built homes (photographs included). Later more land for housing was sold by the Trustees of Captain J P Lord. Article on a project at Badsey First School where we would exhibit our market gardening tools/reflect on Badsey and Aldington at the time of the 1911 census. “Jon the Potter” and the pupils would then produce an outdoor mural reflecting the occupations and land-use in Badsey in 1911.

Year created
2012
Publication Date/Date Made
April 2012
Physical Characteristics (Dimensions)
14.8 cm x 21 cm
Physical Characteristics (Description)
1 sheet of A4 paper folded to make A5-size leaflet
Donor or Creator of Records
The Badsey Society
Provenance
Badsey Society records
Nature of Acquisition
Collected for the Archive
Accession Date
2012
Access Conditions
Contact Archive Manager
Attached Documents
Reference
2590/BS/G10/L