Archival/written
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Document produced by the enclosure commissioners for Farnsfield parish, 1777. |
Official
Key source material is held at the Public Record Office, Kew. Of particular importance are the annual agricultural statistics (the so-called June returns) of production, for each village (aggregated from individual farm returns) for 1866 onwards (PRO reference: MAF 68). The PRO catalogue can be searched over the Internet at www.pro.gov.uk.
The most recent returns are held locally at the government offices on Chalfont Drive, Nottingham.
Personal
Edith Hickson’s Life at Laxton (available in the Nottinghamshire Local Studies Library) includes personal reminiscences of farming in the village, c.1890.
Administrative/business/economic
Nottinghamshire Archives includes a range of material relating to the agriculture of the county stretching from the detail of medieval cartularies to modern returns, farm records etc.