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The Last Market Gardener, Newsletter No 6, October 2011

Description

Quarterly Badsey Society Heritage Lottery Fund Last Market Gardener Project newsletter distributed to the whole parish. Contains a profile of a market gardening family, the Jones family, and photographs of their properties. Article/photographs on development of Bowers Hill including Bowers Hill Farm which was bought in 1905 and developed by John Idiens & Sons Limited. Information on the inhabitants of 1-10 Bowers Hill including Mary Huxley and Richard Hardiman; George and Louisa Cole; Walter and Rose Jones; Harry and Annie Jelfs; Francis and Elizabeth Chamberlain; William and Frances Langfield; Frederick and Caroline Jelfs; Charles and Mary Smith; Jesse and Mary Davis and Benjamin and Amelia Kilby. Article on the present day Hornsfield Nurseries in Willersey Road which also owns Sandylands Nurseries and Springhill Nurseries.

Year created
2011
Publication Date/Date Made
October 2011
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
2011
Access Conditions
Contact Archive Manager
Attached Documents
Reference
2047/BS/G10/L