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D3316 - Henry Hill (1842-1899) of Horsley, farmer - 1888-1890

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D3316
Title	Henry Hill (1842-1899) of Horsley, farmer
Date	1888-1890
Description	Diaries, include brief details of farm work and weather, with accounts of payments
Extent	4 items
Level	Fonds
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Archive Creator	Henry Hill (1842-1899) of Horsley, farmer
Administrative History	Henry Hill was born in 1842, a son of the miller at Higham Mill. It appears that he moved to Slackfields Farm at Horsley in 1871, and he was married in the same year. He died in 1899.
Administrative History Sources	- John Heath (1973) 'A Derbyshire Diary of One Hundred Years ago', A Derbyshire Miscellany vol 6 part 5, pp. 153-155. - 1851-1891 census - Parish of Shirland baptism register - British Newspaper Archive
Custodial History	These documents were donated to the Record Office on 13 September 1989.
Organisation Sub-Type	Farms/dairies
Format	Document
Related Material	See D1902 for diaries of Henry Hill of Slackfields Farm, Horsley 1879-1896, and other items. See also: - John Heath (1973) 'A Derbyshire Diary of One Hundred Years ago', A Derbyshire Miscellany vol 6 part 5, pp. 153-155, for a detailed account based on Henry Hill's diary for 1872. - John Heath, ed. (1982) 'Diaries of Henry Hill of Slackfields Farm, 1872-1896'. Centre for Local History, University of Nottingham, Record Series 4.
Term	Business
Acknowledgements	Administrative History researched and written by cataloguing volunteer Roger Jennens, December 2021.
Archivist Note	- Creator Name and Extent added to all entries, AdminHistory added to Fonds entry, Title amended to give dates of archive creator, 24 December 2021, BS.

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