Wiltshire England
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
An Alderney Ox, 1870s-1930s
Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/148
Scope and Contents
Illustration of an Alderney ox from the stock of Woburn Abbey, bred by Thomas Crook, Esq. of Tytherton, Wiltshire.
Dates:
1870s-1930s
Notebook No.199, January 1855
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 7: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/199
Scope and Contents
The notebook opens with Charles Lyell in Bowood, where he examines local geology while traveling around the Wiltshire area. He records geological observations in Calne, Whetham, Derry Hill, Heddington, Melksham, and Foxham. Subsequently, Lyell travels back to London, passing through Reading. In London, Lyell makes notes on various geology-related topics and records several addresses. On 16 February 1855, he likely attends the Annual General Meeting of the Geological Society of London. As...
Dates:
January 1855
Residence of J Deane Willis of Bapton Manor, 1870s-1930s
Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1235
Scope and Contents
Photograph of J Deane Willis, Shorthorn cattle breeder's house Bapton Manor in Stockton, Wiltshire, England in the early 20th century.
Dates:
1870s-1930s
Shorthorn Bull, "Bapton Ringleader", 1870s-1930s
Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1338
Scope and Contents
Photograph of the Shorthorn bull, "Bapton Ringleader" standing in a paddock in 1933. The bull was the Champion at the Royal Show and was exhibited by the Bapton Shorthorn Company Ltd.
Dates:
1870s-1930s
Small White Sow, 1870s-1930s
Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/540
Scope and Contents
Photograph of a Small White sow owned by Hon. D P Bouverie, Coleshill House, Highworth, Wilts that won first prize at the R.A.S.E show, Park Royal, in 1903.
Dates:
1870s-1930s